NEW REPORT: GENDER PAY GAP PERSISTS INTO RETIREMENT Older Women Receive About 80% of Retirement Income That Older Men Receive, Mirroring the Gender Pay Gap   Caregiving Has Highly Detrimental Impact on Women’s Retirement Preparedness While Divorce Presents Complex Issues for Retirement Savings Webinar on May 12th to Review Findings WASHINGTON, D.C., May 7, 2020 […]

Public Pension Benefit Spending Provides Substantial Economic Impact on Rural Communities And Small Towns Across U.S.   New Report Released Today at NIRS Annual Retirement Policy Conference Details Impact Across 19 States Live Webcast of Conference Today Starting at 9:15 AM ET Webinar on March 12th to Review Findings WASHINGTON, D.C., March 3, 2020  – […]

NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON RETIREMENT SECURITY HOSTS 11thth ANNUAL RETIREMENT POLICY CONFERENCE ON MARCH 3rd   Event Features Keynote by Alissa Quart, Author of Best-Selling Book, Squeezed: Why Our Families Can’t Afford America New Research To Be Released on Economic Impact of Pensions on Rural and Small Towns Across America Live Webcast Via Facebook February 27, […]

85% OF MILLENNIALS WORKING IN STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT PLAN TO STICK WITH THEIR EMPLOYER, BUT BENEFIT CHANGES COULD PUSH THEM OUT THE DOOR Most Millennials Working in State and Local Government Satisfied with Job Despite Knowing They Could Earn More in the Private Sector Webinar to Review Findings on February 13th at 2 PM […]

Only 7% of Retirees Have Ideal Situation of Income from Three Sources: Social Security, a Pension and Savings  Social Security Kept More Than 7.5 Million Households Out of Poverty, Reduced Public Assistance Costs by $10 billion in 2013  Pensions Kept Nearly One Million Retirees Out of Poverty, Reduced Public Assistance Costs by $4 Billion in […]

Measure is Step Forward in Addressing U.S. Retirement Savings Crisis Despite Political Acrimony, Americans United in Concern About Retirement WASHINGTON, D.C., December 19, 2019 – At a time when working Americans are struggling to save for retirement, the National Institute on Retirement Security (NIRS) commends the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives for bi-partisan passage […]

Amid Worker Shortages, New Research Examines State & Local Employee Views on Their Jobs, Pay and Benefits  Public Employees Committed to Public Service Despite High Stress and Lower Salaries; Say Benefits are a Key Recruitment and Retention Tool and Cuts Could Drive Them Out of Public Workforce 85 Percent of State & Local Millennial Employees […]

New Research Finds Growing Financial Asset Inequality  Persistent Concentration of Financial Assets Among the Wealthiest Coupled with Low Savings Poses Retirement Threat to Working Americans  Among Baby Boomers, Top 25 Percent Own 91 Percent of Financial Assets; Similar Inequality Among GenX and Millennial Generations  Webinar on Tuesday, October 1st at 2 PM ET to Review […]

Alaska, Kentucky, Michigan & West Virginia Experiences Offer Cautionary Examples to Policymakers on Retirement Plan Design Changes Webinar on August 13th at 2 PM ET WASHINGTON, D.C., August 7, 2019 – A new series of case studies finds that states that shifted new employees from defined benefit pensions to defined contribution or cash balance plans […]