Retirement Plans

Not that work isn’t a gas, mind you. It’s just that non-work has its own appeal. As you can see from the chart below, which draws on a Gallup poll fielded last month, a majority of current workers would (if finances were not an issue) prefer to call it quits well before the traditional retirement age. When the poll’s respondents were asked to say what they expect, rather than what they’d wish, the average anticipated retirement age for current non-retirees was 64.