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Retirement

Project retirement income, savings, and Social Security.

Add a pension to your retirement plan

Add one or more pensions on the Retirement page with a monthly amount, start age, optional cost-of-living raise, and an optional lump-sum payout.

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3 min

Add extra spending money for retirement

Turn on Add extra spending money in retirement to add a monthly or yearly budget for travel, hobbies, or a buffer on top of your projected bills.

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2 min

Downsize to a cheaper home in retirement

Model selling your home at any age and buying a cheaper one — the difference joins your nest egg, and ongoing taxes and insurance become a new expense.

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3 min

How the retirement projection works

Beyond Payday simulates your finances month by month to age 95 across four account types, then models taxes, Social Security, and withdrawals.

Pro
5 min

Model Social Security claiming ages

See how claiming Social Security anywhere from 62 to 70 changes your monthly benefit and retirement projection, including spousal benefits and taxes.

Pro
4 min

Plan retirement when you're already retired

Turn on Already Retired mode to start your projection in withdrawal mode now, so you can see whether your savings will last through age 95.

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3 min

Run a Monte Carlo retirement simulation

Switch your retirement projection from a single fixed-rate estimate to thousands of randomized market scenarios, so you can see how your plan holds up.

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3 min

Save and print a retirement report

Save a dated snapshot of your retirement plan and print it or save it as a PDF — with your assumptions, headline numbers, and income by source.

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3 min

Sell your house and rent in retirement

Model selling your home and renting afterward — the sale pays off your mortgage, the proceeds join your nest egg, and rent becomes an inflating expense.

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3 min

Set up your retirement plan with guided setup

Answer plain-language questions one at a time to fill in your retirement plan, with suggestions for anything you skip and a live read on your plan as you go.

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3 min

Set your growth and inflation rates

Set how much your investments grow each year and how fast prices rise each year on the Retirement page to control your projection's assumptions.

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3 min

Set your retirement age and life expectancy

Drag the Age you stop working slider on the Retirement page to set when you and your spouse stop working, and set an age to plan until to model survivor benefits.

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2 min