How does the U.S. retirement calculator work?
It projects your current assets, monthly savings, IRA contributions, and employer match to your chosen retirement age using the growth rate you select.
Enter your income, state, assets, and savings. See the number in seconds.
Before tax.
2026 single-filer estimate.
Cash, 401(k), IRA, investments.
401(k), brokerage, cash.
Will you add IRA money going forward?
If your job offers it.
Market estimate.
At 67, you could have
$2,016,477
$10,080
monthly, to age 100
$539,540
401(k) / IRA / invest
$1,476,936
compound growth
Reaches $0 at 100.
Estimated tax/year
$10,458
Federal + California
Cost of waiting 5 years
$644,045
Same monthly saving. Less time.
Your real life changes the number.
Add debt, rent, raises, kids, moving states, and big purchases. Then see the plan Capid would actually build.
Behind the estimate
Start with your income, state, age, current assets, and monthly savings. Add IRA contributions, your workplace match, and an expected growth rate to see a projected retirement balance.
The estimate uses 2026 single-filer federal and state tax rules to show a rough after-tax monthly retirement paycheck. It spreads your balance through age 100 while continuing to apply the growth rate you select.
Social Security, investment fees, inflation, future tax-law changes, and uneven market returns are not included. Treat the result as a planning estimate, not a guarantee.
It projects your current assets, monthly savings, IRA contributions, and employer match to your chosen retirement age using the growth rate you select.
Yes. It estimates federal and selected-state taxes using 2026 single-filer rules, including how that state treats retirement income. Your actual taxes may differ.
The calculator spreads your projected balance across retirement through age 100, keeps applying your selected growth rate, and subtracts estimated federal and state taxes.