a.    As a point of comparison, assume a starting salary of $53,500 and 5.1% annual increases each year for the first 10 years of your career. Assume that you are in a defined benefit plan, that you change employers every 2 years and 11 months (total of 4 employers) and that you were never vested in any of the three plans. How much money do you have in total from these three retirement plans at the end of the first 10 years of your career? use excel spreadsheet
Solution
soln:
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a- As a point of comparison- assume a starting salary of $53-500 and 5.docx
1. a.    As a point of comparison, assume a starting salary of $53,500 and 5.1% annual
increases each year for the first 10 years of your career. Assume that you are in a defined benefit
plan, that you change employers every 2 years and 11 months (total of 4 employers) and that you
were never vested in any of the three plans. How much money do you have in total from these
three retirement plans at the end of the first 10 years of your career? use excel spreadsheet
Solution
soln:
year salary
1 53,500.00
2 56228.5
3 59096.1535
4 62110.05733
5 65277.67025
6 68606.83144
7 72105.77984
8 75783.17461
9 79648.11652
10 83710.17046
$622,566
Average salary $62,256.60
Assume benefit
percentage
2%
Annual pension 62,256.60 X .02X35/120
Annual pension
from each
employer
363.16
Total money
from these
1089.49