Benchmarks · Retirement savings · 50–54 · Baltimore

Retirement savings for people aged 50–54 in Baltimore

Balances across 401(k), 403(b), IRA and other retirement accounts.

Modeled estimate · federal survey data
Household-level figures: the underlying survey (Fed SCF) measures households, grouped by the reference person's age — combined for a couple, and they read high for a single person. Why, and how this changes as live data grows.
Median
$32K
Upper quarter
$230K
Top 10%
$978K

Half of people aged 50–54 in Baltimore have a retirement savings above $32,240. Reaching the upper quarter takes about $229,680, and the top 10% starts at $978,360 — roughly 30.3× the median. The lower quarter sits below $0, and the bottom 10% is under $0.

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The full distribution

PercentileRetirement savingsWhat it means
Bottom 10%$09 in 10 are above this
Lower quarter$025th percentile
Median$32,240half above, half below
Upper quarter$229,68075th percentile
Top 10%$978,360only 1 in 10 is above this
Average (mean)$40,300pulled up by the top end — the median is the better "typical"
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Retirement savings by age in Baltimore

AgeLower quarterMedian retirement savingsUpper quarterTop 10%
22–25 →$0$0$4,176$20K
26–29 →$0$1,040$22K$63K
30–33 →$0$3,224$41K$135K
34–37 →$0$2,496$68K$237K
38–41 →$0$9,568$104K$358K
42–45 →$0$23K$161K$510K
46–50 →$0$33K$209K$715K
50–54$0$32K$230K$978K
55–59 →$0$35K$313K$1.1M
60–64 →$0$40K$355K$1.2M
65 and over →$0$0$266K$1.2M

Retirement savings at 50–54 by city

MetroLower quarterMedian retirement savingsUpper quarterTop 10%
New York City →$0$40K$293K$1.3M
San Francisco →$0$45K$329K$1.5M
Los Angeles →$0$37K$268K$1.2M
Chicago →$0$34K$244K$1.1M
Boston →$0$37K$264K$1.1M
Washington, DC →$0$37K$268K$1.2M
Seattle →$0$38K$273K$1.2M
Austin →$0$35K$249K$1.1M

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Common questions

What is the median retirement savings for people aged 50–54 in Baltimore?
The median retirement savings for people aged 50–54 in Baltimore is $32,240. Half of this group is above that figure and half below.
What retirement savings puts you in the top 10% of people aged 50–54 in Baltimore?
About $978,360. The 90th percentile is the level only one in ten people in this group exceeds — roughly 30.3× the median.
Where do these numbers come from?
They are modeled percentile distributions fitted to this cohort from federal survey microdata — the Federal Reserve's 2025 Survey of Consumer Finances (released October 2026), the BLS Consumer Expenditure Survey, Census ACS and BLS wage data — and they blend toward anonymized, aggregated data from Keeping Up members as each cohort grows. Full methodology at keepingup.com/methodology.

How this is built. Percentiles are modeled for this cohort from federal survey microdata — the Federal Reserve's 2025 Survey of Consumer Finances (released October 2026), the BLS Consumer Expenditure Survey (2024), the Census American Community Survey and BLS Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics (May 2025) — with metro cost-of-living and wage adjustments. As Keeping Up members in this cohort grow, the band blends toward anonymized, aggregated live data (minimum cohort sizes apply; no individual is ever identifiable). Seeded figures are household-level, as in the SCF; live cohorts are individual-level. Amounts are in current dollars. Read the full methodology.

Last updated October 2026. Cohort: people aged 50–54 in Baltimore. Model sample basis: 120.