Median 401(k) account balances jumped 11.5 percent between 2008 and 2011, to $42,082, according to the Employee Benefit Research Institute.
Even though the average defined contribution account saw a decline of 34.8 percent in 2008, the year the recession began, balances rose swiftly between 2009 and 2011 to an average of $94,492.
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