Are older Americans happy with how their working lives turned out?
79%
79% of Americans over 65 are happy with how their working lives turned out.
n = 6,442 US adults aged 65+ · Fielded 2026 · Cherry Data Signals
Self-reported, asked of adults aged 65 and over.
What it means
Career satisfaction in hindsight runs higher than satisfaction with personal relationships, which sits at 58%.
Methodology
- Sample
- 6,442
- Population
- US adults aged 65+
- Country
- United States
- Fielded
- 2026
- Research by
- Cherry Data Signals
- Study
- When Americans are most satisfied with life
Cite this statistic
Cherry Data Signals (2026). "Are older Americans happy with how their working lives turned out?" Survey of 6,442 US adults aged 65+, United States. https://cherrysignals.com/statistics/are-older-americans-happy-with-how-their-careers-turned-out
Free to reproduce with attribution to Cherry Data Signals and a link to this page.
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