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Retirement

Pension

In plain English

A retirement paycheck your employer promises you for life after you stop working. Increasingly rare.

The analogy

It's the original retirement plan. A promised allowance from your old job, backed by the plan and, within limits, by federal PBGC insurance.

Why it matters to you

If you have one, it changes the entire math of how much you need to save on your own.

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