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This survey of registered voters ages 25-plus reveals universal agreement on the importance of being able to save for retirement while working and widespread support for legislation to make

it easier for all workers to save for retirement from their paychecks.  IMPORTANCE OF BEING ABLE TO SAVE FOR RETIREMENT WHILE WORKING Virtually all voters  (99.7%) say that it is IMPORTANT

FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO SAVE MONEY FOR RETIREMENT WHILE THEY ARE WORKING.   Roughly two in three (65%) employed voters say that they are currently participating in a workplace retirement

savings plan offered by their employer. These voters almost universally (96%) say that HAVING A WORKPLACE RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN IS IMPORTANT IN HELPING THEM SAVE FOR RETIREMENT. SUPPORT

FOR LEGISLATION TO FACILITATE MORE WORKPLACE RETIREMENT SAVING Nine in ten (92%) voters agree that ELECTED OFFICIALS SHOULD SUPPORT LEGISLATION THAT MAKES IT EASIER FOR ALL WORKERS TO SAVE

FOR RETIREMENT FROM THEIR PAYCHECK. Nine in ten (91%) voters also support establishing a program TO HELP WORKERS SAVE FOR RETIREMENT AT WORK IF THEIR EMPLOYER DOES NOT CURRENTLY OFFER THEM A

WAY TO SAVE.  Voters say that each of the following would be important features of such a program: * PORTABILITY, so that workers can take their accounts with them when changing jobs (99%

very/somewhat important) * AVAILABLE TO ALL EMPLOYEES WHO DO NOT HAVE A WAY TO SAVE FOR RETIREMENT AT WORK, including those who work for small businesses (98% very/somewhat important) *

PAYROLL DEDUCTION, so that contributions are automatically deducted from each paycheck and deposited into a retirement account set up in each worker’s name (96% very/somewhat important) *

VOLUNTARY, so that participants are not required to make any contributions (90% very/somewhat important) ANXIETY ABOUT RETIREMENT SAVINGS  More than six in ten (63%) voters ages 25-plus ARE

ANXIOUS ABOUT HAVING ENOUGH MONEY TO LIVE COMFORTABLY THROUGHOUT THEIR RETIREMENT YEARS. Only three in ten (29%) voters ages 25–44 BELIEVE THAT THEY WILL BE ABLE TO SAVE ENOUGH MONEY FOR

RETIREMENT.  Among voters ages 45-plus who are not yet retired, eight in 10 (81%) WISH THEY HAD MORE MONEY SAVED FOR THEIR RETIREMENT YEARS. METHODOLOGY This AARP survey of registered voters

ages 25-plus was conducted by SSRS from September 22 through September 29, 2021, via the probability-based SSRS Opinion Panel, with 944 respondents completing the survey online and 66

completing the survey by phone. For more information, contact S. Kathi Brown of AARP Research at [email protected]. For media inquiries, contact AARP’s External Relations department at

[email protected].