The Principal® Real Life Retirement Journeys survey highlights three significant experiences employees have when saving for retirement.1
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Explore full report (PDF)1. All statistics are from the Principal® Real Life Retirement Journeys survey using the full sample size unless otherwise noted.
2. Principal® Retirement Security Survey—Nonparticipants, December 2023.
3. Principal® Insights Communities Research, March 2024.
4. Principal data as of December 31, 2024. Of the 95% of employees who remained in the plan, 93% remained at or above the default rate, while 2% remained in the plan but at a rate below the default.
5. The SECURE Act of 2022.
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