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âOverall, Americans are horrible savers, and our retirement accounts are woefully underfunded.â. According to the National Institute on Retirement Security, 45 percent of working-age households have no retirement savings at all. Among people 55 to 64, average household retirement savings total only $12,000.
The first table shows, by age groups, mean and median amounts held in retirement savings accounts for households that have retirement accounts. In other words, if a household does not own a retirement saving account, it is not factored into the figures. The average retirement savings amount is the mean. However, this number can be greatly skewed by a few households that have very large retirement savings accounts. The median amount is probably more accurate because it is the middle value in each age group, with an equal number of accounts having higher and lower values. Age of Household Head.