Monday, June 25, 2007

Retirement Saving Challenge - Choosing A Goal

It's six days from the start of My Wealth Builder's Retirement Saving Challenge, which will start on Sunday, July 1, 2007. By now one should have set a saving goal. I have presented approaches which offer two very different goals. The first approach is to save 12% of one's salary. The second approach is to to save enough to have a nest egg of 12 times one's current salary by age 65. For reference, here is a comparison of the two approaches.

12% of Salary
12% Of Salary By
Salary
Year
Month
Day
$20,0002,4002006.58
$30,0003,6003009.86
$40,0004,80040013.15
$50,0006,00050016.44
$60,0007,20060019.73
$70,0008,40070023.01
$80,0009,60080026.30
$90,00010,80090029.59
$100,00012,000100032.88
$110,00013,200110036.16
$110,00014,400120039.45
$130,00015,600130042.74
$140,00016,800140046.03



Saving Rate to Achieve Next Egg of 12 Times Salary at 65
Daily Savings Amount by Age
Salary203040 5060Target 12X salary
$20,0001.48 3.418.24 22.68106.97$240,000
$30,0002.225.1112.3524.02160.45$360,000
$40,0002.966.8116.4745.35213.94$480,000
$50,0003.708.5220.5956.69267.42$600,000
$60,0004.4310.2224.7168.03320.91$720,000
$70,0005.1711.9228.8279.37374.39$840,000
$80,0005.9113.6332.9490.71427.87$960,000
$90,0006.6515.3337.06102.05481.36$1,080,000
$100,0007.3917.0441.18113.38534.84$1,200,000
$110,0008.1318.7445.29124.72588.33$1,320,000
$120,0008.8720.4449.41136.06641.81$1,440,000
$130,0009.6122.1553.53147.40695.30$1,560,000
$140,00010.3523.8557.65158.74748.78$1,680,000


For this Retirement Savings Challenge, it pays to be young :-) Until around 37.5 years, the saving amount to achieve a nest egg of 12 times salary is the lower number. After 37.5 years, the saving amount for 12% of salary is lower number, because one has to make up for lost time to achieve a 12 X nest egg. To get started, try to save at the lower number of the two approaches and work towards the higher number over the next year.

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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Great tables! Our rate was 20% - 30% of income in the past. These days it's negative because we're coasting on one income temporarily. Hopefully in the next couple of years things will change back to heavy saving again.