Fidelity: 401(k) savings tumbled in 2022

Photo by: WDAY Radio Staff
Photo by: WDAY Radio Staff

(New York, NY) -- A new report says retirement savers lost about a quarter of their 401(k) savings last year.

Fidelity Investments is the nation's largest provider of 401(k) pension accounts. A new report from Fidelity says balances at the end of 2022 were down 23 percent from a year earlier.

The average account dropped from 135-thousand-dollars to about 104-thousand. However, the majority of retirement savers continue to contribute.

The report says the average 401(k) balance rose in the fourth quarter of last year.