Those Still Working Have A Lot Of Illusions About Retirement

     From the 2018 Retirement Confidence Survey (click on each image to view full size):

 

      Note in the first chart that 68% of those who haven't yet retired think that they will do some work in retirement but only 26% of retirees report that they are working. Note in the second chart the divergence between the age that people expect to retire -- 65 -- and the age at which they actually do retire -- 63.