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If you help pre-retirees and retired clients with income planning, you know from experience that this discipline has grown more challenging. Many retired people now need enough income to live well, while also paying off high levels of personal debt. This trend is documented in a newly released study by the Employee Benefits Research Institute (EBRI), Debt of the Elderly and Near Elderly 1992-2010.

Over the 18 years covered by this study, the percentage of households headed by a person age 65-74 with some debt increased from 51.5 percent to 65.0 percent. Among households with debt, the average debt burden increased from $25,648 to $70,875, and high-income households are the most heavily impacted by the retiree debt trend. In the top income tier measured ($100,000+), the average household debt load in 2010 was $210,863.

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