A report from the non-partisan American Enterprise Institute says that in 1970, Americans in the middle 40% of U.S. income distribution had saved an average of 33% of their yearly income in retirement accounts. That compares to an average of 210% of annual earnings for Americans in the same income demographic today. 3
3 -bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-01-04/a-little-optimism-on-the-future-of-retirement