Typical "all-in" savings - early 40's

[Anonymous]

I hope many of you stay married because if end up divorced like me everything is cut in half.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just hit 40.

Hhi 300k.total savings also about 300k.

This honestly reflects the reality of most Americans who are currently employed and in their early 40s.

Lawyers/doctors/overpaid consultants should be seen as outliers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Median is about 200k for one person.

If it is a couple, it's still 200k per person.

That's not true actually the median net worth (including home equity) for a household age 40-44 is around 200k combined. It is not 200k per person. This absurdly low amount of assets is the norm for a typical household. https://ofdollarsanddata.com/average-net-worth-by-age-and-education/amp/

[Anonymous]

We’re an early 40s couple. All in it’s about $1.6M combined:

$650K home equity
$750K retirement
$200K cash/brokerage/emergency fund

We will never be high earners and have no family help, but our mortgage is inexpensive for DC and we stopped at 1 child.

[Anonymous]

Early and mid 40s.

$1.4 million in 401k/IRA

$185,000 in 529s divided between 3 kids in elementary school.

$210,000 in taxable brokerage account.

HHI $315k

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I hope many of you stay married because if end up divorced like me everything is cut in half.

Expenses cut in half too.

[Anonymous]

45 and 48. Kids in middle and high school
529: 500k
Brokerage/deferred comp/retirement:4.3M
Equity: 500k

All in 5.3M. Mostly in stock market S&P and Total stock market index funds so has been fluctuating very widely

No pensions, no inheritance, or family support. Asian immigrants with grad school debt that we needed to pay off. Work in tech, HHI 800k but it was not always this high. We have done good, but have many friends who have done much much better.

[Anonymous]

600k HHI but haven’t been at this income that long

75k 529
$2.5 million 401ks
300k deferred comp
1 million equity
Pension that in today’s dollars is 80k a year income

Going forward we are saving around $120k a year into 401ks and another 150k a year selling company stock when it vests and investing it.

We both stand to inherit a few million each. I’m not impressed with 529 fund performance and even though we should increase savings, not sold on it.

[Anonymous]

Just another brag thread. No way in hell your average poster on dcum has a new worth of even a couple mil or makes 400k/year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just another brag thread. No way in hell your average poster on dcum has a new worth of even a couple mil or makes 400k/year.

Your jealousy is showing. DCUMers don’t represent the average American. They are far superior.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just another brag thread. No way in hell your average poster on dcum has a new worth of even a couple mil or makes 400k/year.

Your jealousy is showing. DCUMers don’t represent the average American. They are far superior.

Dcum is the natural habitat of social darwinists

[Anonymous]

Kids 9 and 12, combined 529 $120K (40k and 80k)

$100K in brokerage

$1.2M in retirement

Small federal pension (10 years)

No home equity, renters.

Combined income of around 300K

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just another brag thread. No way in hell your average poster on dcum has a new worth of even a couple mil or makes 400k/year.

Your jealousy is showing. DCUMers don’t represent the average American. They are far superior.

So jealous of strivers lmao

Show us the data

[Anonymous]

50 here, one pre-schooler.

$800k in retirement.
$500k in stocks/securities.
$40k cash
$10k in 529

[Anonymous]

39

$650K in 401K and Roth IRA
$150K in brokerage
$140K in cash

$400K in home equity