Retirement Trends

Social Security needs to serve populations better, including widows, the 'oldest old,' and very low earners.

But data sharing is employees' biggest barrier to participation in financial wellness programs.

Basic supply-and-demand logic suggests that raising wages will broaden the pool of workers interested in a job.

Shifts in the market present new opportunities, raising the question of whether to de-risk for many pension plans.

See how many exceptional 401(k) plans are concentrated in certain states: Drag your mouse across this heat map based on JDA's 401(k) data and see how your state matches up.

Although workers are no longer planning on retiring at 60, some can't hang on the extra 6 years.