There are many changes coming to retirement benefits and planning in 2026. Here’s a list covering the significant changes.

When it comes to claiming Social Security retirement benefits, timing is everything. In the United States, individuals can start receiving these benefits as early as age 62, but doing so may not be ...

Survey data shows how retirement savings differ by age, including how many Americans have accounts and how much they’ve saved. See how you compare to others your age.

If there is one thing most Americans seem to agree on even in an election year, it’s that retirement is expensive in the United States — and most people don’t have nearly enough savings to cover it.

And one of your goals may be to boost your retirement savings in 2026. It's a good goal to have. The average Social Security ...

If you are retiring at the end of 2024, you may have already completed and submitted your retirement applications and have begun counting down the days until your life after retirement begins.

GOBankingRates sourced the cost-of-living indexes and average overall expenditures for retired households in every state to calculate the cost of living.

When it comes to retirement savings, residents of one state are leading the pack: Massachusetts. The average household retirement savings balance in Massachusetts is $448,500, according to an October ...

If you can’t rattle off the answers to any of those questions, don’t worry, most people are right there with you. To clarify some of the question marks, GOBankingRates asked the experts for tips that ...

Retirement at 65 used to be the norm. You worked 40-plus years, sometimes for the same company and retired with a pension or Social Security benefits and a paid-off house. But times are changing, and ...

In an ideal world, you will have more than enough money tucked away for retirement by the time you stop working. However, saving that much isn’t always easy. A 2023 Northwestern Mutual Planning and ...