Will Social Security be there for me?

Social Security — once considered the foundation of retirement planning — is now projected to replace less of a worker’s pre-retirement income than ever before in history.

Consider this fact:

“Social Security replaces about 41% of the average earner’s income at retirement and is forecast to fall to 30.5%.”1

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1. Sources: Alicia H. Munnell, “The Declining Role of Social Security” Just the Facts on Retirement Issues, No. 6, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, February 2003. “Social Security, Medicare and Americans’ Confidence in Their Retirement Future” Watson Wyatt Insider, September 2008.