How Retirement Spending Changes With Time
Submitted by Ferguson Financial Inc. on March 10th, 2018
Once away from work, your cost of living may rise before it falls.
Provided by Greg Ferguson
This concern is legitimate. Many households “live it up” and spend more than they anticipate as retirement starts to unfold. In ten or twenty years, though, they may not spend nearly as much.1
The initial stage of retirement can be expensive. Looking at mere data, it may not seem that way. The most recent Bureau of Labor Statistics figures show average spending of $60,076 per year for households headed by Americans age 55-64 and mean spending of just $45,221 for households headed by people age 65 and older.1,2