The Typical Person Only Retires With THIS Much

How much money do you think the average person retires with? Ask around and you’ll hear guesses all over the map—some people throw out a million dollars because that number gets repeated every time retirement comes up. Others assume the average person retires with almost nothing because they constantly hear about Americans struggling with money. And then there’s the group who thinks retirement is mostly funded by last-minute catch-up contributions and a lifetime of steady raises. But almost nobody can point to the real number, the data-backed number, the number that shows what people actually walk away with when they leave the workforce for the very last time.