MapsOct 14, 2024
Which States Have The Highest Share of Retirement-Age Workers? 👵
What We're Showing
The percentage of U.S. adults 65 and older who are still working, by state.
Data is for 2024 and comes from a LendingTree analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data.
Older Adults Continue To Work
About 22% of American adults 65 and older continue to work in 2024. Growth in the 65 and older population, higher cost of living and other factors have led to a large share of older adults in the workforce.
New Jersey saw the highest share of working adults over the age of 65 in 2024, and the largest two-year increase.
In March 2022, 20.3% of Americans 65 and older were employed in New Jersey. By March 2024, this figure had risen 66.5% to 33.8%.
Dataset
Ranking | State | % of working retirement-age adults |
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1 | New Jersey | 33.8 |
2 | North Dakota | 32.3 |
3 | Maryland | 31.2 |
4 | New Hampshire | 30.9 |
5 | Connecticut | 30.3 |
6 | New York | 29.3 |
7 | Hawaii | 28.3 |
8 | Vermont | 27.9 |
9 | Colorado | 27.3 |
10 | Delaware | 27.2 |
11 | Utah | 26.4 |
12 | Nevada | 25.7 |
13 | Nebraska | 25.6 |
14 | Rhode Island | 25.6 |
15 | California | 25.2 |
16 | Alaska | 24.9 |
17 | Arkansas | 24.8 |
18 | Pennsylvania | 24.6 |
19 | Montana | 24.2 |
20 | Massachusetts | 24 |
21 | Texas | 23.9 |
22 | South Dakota | 23.8 |
23 | Georgia | 23.6 |
24 | Minnesota | 23.4 |
25 | Virginia | 23.4 |
26 | Indiana | 23 |
27 | Maine | 22.8 |
28 | Wyoming | 22.8 |
29 | Louisiana | 22.5 |
30 | New Mexico | 22.5 |
31 | Washington | 22.4 |
32 | Idaho | 22 |
33 | Illinois | 22 |
34 | Oregon | 21.5 |
35 | Ohio | 21.1 |
36 | Oklahoma | 20.8 |
37 | North Carolina | 20.6 |
38 | Alabama | 20.5 |
39 | Arizona | 20.4 |
40 | Wisconsin | 20.2 |
41 | Tennessee | 19.6 |
42 | Mississippi | 19.1 |
43 | Kansas | 18.6 |
44 | South Carolina | 18.6 |
45 | Kentucky | 18.5 |
46 | Florida | 18.3 |
47 | District of Columbia | 17.8 |
48 | Iowa | 17.2 |
49 | Michigan | 17 |
50 | Missouri | 15.8 |
51 | West Virginia | 15.7 |
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