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WSJ Your Money Briefing

For the First Time, Half of Private-Sector Workers Are Contributing to 401(k)s

WSJ Your Money Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

News, Business News

3.81.6K Ratings

🗓️ 11 February 2025

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

Decades after workplaces started using 401(k) retirement plans in place of traditional pensions, they are finally reaching a tipping point. Wall Street Journal reporter Anne Tergesen joins host Ariana Aspuru to discuss why the growth in worker adoption is likely to increase this year. Sign up for the WSJ's free Markets A.M. newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Here's your money briefing for Tuesday, February 11th. I'm Adriana Aspuru for the Wall Street Journal.

0:40.8

For the first time, half of private sector workers are now saving in 401K retirement accounts.

0:47.5

It was very common for people not to participate, even when they had access to these plans.

0:52.9

And then along comes government policymakers with these sort of behavioral finance nudges, which

0:59.0

involve the company basically enrolling you.

1:02.5

We'll talk with Wall Street Journal reporter Ann Turgesson about future incentives that

1:07.3

could spur millions of workers to save more.

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Decades after they replaced traditional pensions, more workers are participating in 401K retirement plans.

2:11.1

Wall Street Journal Retirement Reporter and Turgason joins me.

2:14.8

And has this tipping point been a goal for a while? I don't know that

2:19.2

policymakers are specifically targeting 50% participation of private sector workers in 401ks.

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