Department of Retirement Systems
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Retirement Outlook Online


A 2007 study shows that half of American workers are planning to rely on their own savings as their largest source of retirement income*

Work-place retirement savings plan, such as DCP 28%
Other personal savings or investments 22%
Social Security 14%
Traditional employer-provided pension 13%
Employment 11%
Sale or refinancing of your home 2%
Something else 3%
Don’t know/No response 6%

*Source: Employee Benefit Research Institute and Mathew Greenwald & Associates, Inc., 2007 Retirement Confidence Survey.


November/December 2007 Retirement Planning Edition