The statistic above shows the percentage of U.S. retirees staying in the same line of work as in their pre-retirement career. In 2014, 58 percent of working retirees had changed to a different line of work.
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Percentage of U.S. retirees working in retirement in the same line of work as in their pre-retirement career in 2014
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Merrill Lynch, & Age Wave. (June 4, 2014). Percentage of U.S. retirees working in retirement in the same line of work as in their pre-retirement career in 2014 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 27, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/320078/percentage-of-working-retirees-staying-in-their-pre-retirement-line-of-work-in-the-us/
Merrill Lynch, und Age Wave. "Percentage of U.S. retirees working in retirement in the same line of work as in their pre-retirement career in 2014." Chart. June 4, 2014. Statista. Accessed June 27, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/320078/percentage-of-working-retirees-staying-in-their-pre-retirement-line-of-work-in-the-us/
Merrill Lynch, Age Wave. (2014). Percentage of U.S. retirees working in retirement in the same line of work as in their pre-retirement career in 2014. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 27, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/320078/percentage-of-working-retirees-staying-in-their-pre-retirement-line-of-work-in-the-us/
Merrill Lynch, and Age Wave. "Percentage of U.S. Retirees Working in Retirement in The Same Line of Work as in Their Pre-retirement Career in 2014." Statista, Statista Inc., 4 Jun 2014, https://www.statista.com/statistics/320078/percentage-of-working-retirees-staying-in-their-pre-retirement-line-of-work-in-the-us/
Merrill Lynch & Age Wave, Percentage of U.S. retirees working in retirement in the same line of work as in their pre-retirement career in 2014 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/320078/percentage-of-working-retirees-staying-in-their-pre-retirement-line-of-work-in-the-us/ (last visited June 27, 2025)
Percentage of U.S. retirees working in retirement in the same line of work as in their pre-retirement career in 2014 [Graph], Merrill Lynch, & Age Wave, June 4, 2014. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/320078/percentage-of-working-retirees-staying-in-their-pre-retirement-line-of-work-in-the-us/
