Americans Aren’t Loving Retirement Like They Used To — Here’s Why

Retirement is a time to shake off years of employment and enjoy life, right? That might be the goal, but many Americans aren’t feeling it. Dwindling satisfactionA 2016 Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) study analyzed retirement satisfaction trends between 1998 and 2012. Respondents who said they were “very satisfied” with their retirements dropped by 11.9 percentage points, those “not at all” satisfied increased by 2.6 percentage points, and the middle-of-the-road “moderately satisfied” response saw a gain of 9.2 percentage points.

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