The Average Retirement Age – An Update

Alicia Munnell

Issues in Brief from Center for Retirement Research

Abstract: The brief’s key findings are: *Labor force activity among older Americans began rising in the mid-1980s due to: *changing Social Security incentives; the shift to 401(k) plans; and *improving health, longevity, and education. *Updated data, however, suggest that these factors may have played themselves out. *As a result, the average retirement age has increased only slightly in the last 10 years: to 64 for men and 62 for women.

Pages: 6 pages
Date: 2015-03
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