Many many older folks. Lockheed, SAIC.

World Bank

My dad had a pension from IBM and my mom has a pension from her time at IBM and Lockheed.

Yes, all kinds of jobs had pensions, then 401k plans ame along. 401k usually better because they don't get lost or pillaged by a company when it goes belly up.

I would rather have a 401k than a pension. Even government pensions, like teacher pensions are less than 401k invested in the stock market for decades. Also, 401k plus social security is more than a government pension.

FIL worked for a plumbing supply company called Hajoca, has a pension. Like Ferguson. White collar job.

I have a small pension of $1,100 from my early years in the newspaper industry. After that they switched to 401 (k)s.

Anonymous wrote:My husband works at a utility company that offers pensions. He works in marketing, in the dc area, but is part of their company benefits nationwide. He hasn't been there long but if he stays it will be significant. Even if he leaves soon its still something.

Teachers obviously. My teacher friend in her 40s has about 10 more years until she can collect.

Teachers count as government, unless there are private school teacher's unions I'm unaware of.

Anonymous wrote:Everyone in my family except me has a pension

Cops x2
Iron worker
Court reporter
Electrician
County fleet manager (snow plows etc)
Teacher
Park supervisor

Wouldn’t police, court reporter, county fleet manager, teacher and park supervisor all be considered government positions?

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Anonymous wrote:My mother was a school teacher in a tiny district on Long Island. She gets about $8k/month, plus social security, plus they reimburse for all the Medicare supplements. Thankfully she gets all of this as she’s now in memory care

Getting that much, with no (?) reduction in SS strikes me as excessive.

This is the main reason that property taxes are so high in many states in the northeast.

Why shoulder SS be reduced if she paid enough into it? If she has the credits she should get the benefit.

I thought NY was one of the states where teachers don't pay in to SS. Maybe the SS is from a different job

Perhaps, but regardless of that, a PP suggested the SS should be reduced. If the person paid into it, they should be able to draw from it later on.

Anonymous wrote:I’m in my early 50s and vested in a pension before it closed. Trade association.

I know teachers and county employees with pensions.

The OP asked about non-government jobs.

Everyone in my family except me has a pension

Cops x2
Iron worker
Court reporter
Electrician
County fleet manager (snow plows etc)
Teacher
Park supervisor

I’m 53 with a Big 4 pension.

Safeway has a pension plan. Many unionized places still do.

Both of my parents, early 70s, have pensions from corporate jobs that no longer offer them. My dad’s company, a large pharmaceutical company, only eliminated their pension program a couple years ago. My brother in law who is in his late 30s and works there since college was grandfathered in so lots of those current employees will still get a pension.

My uncle recently retired doing delivery routes for Frito Lay and has a pension.