When Will You Age Out of Your Career? Check This Chart

Even white-collar workers can’t postpone retirement forever. See how your occupation stacks up.
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One way to prepare for retirement is to save. Another way: Don’t retire.

It’s surprisingly common to put very little aside and hope you never need to hang up your cleats for good. Among investors under age 35, more than four-fifths (83 percent) say they plan to work during retirement, according to a survey released this month by Merrill Edge. It’s not just millennials: 79 percent of Generation X and 64 percent of baby boomers who are still working agree.