The study only looked at men, because women have only been a major factor throughout the workforce for about 50 years, and their retirement age has basically been going up the whole time.

The average private retirement account balances for Gen X men and women are $156,333 and $101,497, respectively. The median retirement savings is $6,000 for Gen X women, more than half that for ...

A groundbreaking national retirement program could give every high school graduate $1,000 to start saving. The program aims to help Americans build retirement accounts worth up to $500,000.