About half of American households (56% of low-income, 45% of middle-income) are predicted to not maintain their pre-retirement living standards at age 65.
"A report from the US Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee from earlier this year found that about half of American households "will not be able to maintain their" preretirement living standard and that 56% of low-income households — and 45% of those who are middle income — are "at risk" of not maintaining those preretirement standards at age 65."