{"id":10283,"date":"2026-06-02T08:00:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T13:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/02\/racial-wealth-gap-widens-as-many-workers-of-color-lack-retirement-savings\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T08:00:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T13:00:17","slug":"racial-wealth-gap-widens-as-many-workers-of-color-lack-retirement-savings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/02\/racial-wealth-gap-widens-as-many-workers-of-color-lack-retirement-savings\/","title":{"rendered":"Racial wealth gap widens as many workers of color lack retirement savings"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"738\" src=\"https:\/\/missouriindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/RETIREMENT-PHOTO-1024x738-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Employees restock groceries at a Target store in Minnesota. More states, including Minnesota, are launching automatic retirement programs for those without access through their employers. (Photo by Max Nesterak\/Minnesota Reformer)\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><figcaption>\n<p>Employees restock groceries at a Target store in Minnesota. More states, including Minnesota, are launching automatic retirement programs for those without access through their employers. (Photo by Max Nesterak\/Minnesota Reformer)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The racial wealth gap is widening as many workers of color go without retirement savings.<\/p>\n<p>The median wealth gap between Black and Hispanic families and white families expanded by about $50,000 between 2019 and 2022, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pew.org\/en\/research-and-analysis\/issue-briefs\/2026\/05\/how-americans-views-on-wealth-and-retirement-differ\" target=\"_blank\">research<\/a> from The Pew Charitable Trusts. The typical white family had $240,000 more wealth in 2022 than the typical Black family and $223,000 more than the typical Hispanic family.<\/p>\n<p>Much of that disparity is caused by white families saving more for retirement than members of other racial and ethnic groups, Pew said. Retirement savings, not home equity, is\u00a0 the largest driver of American household wealth, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.<\/p>\n<p>To help close the racial wealth gap and ensure more people save for retirement, Pew has been advocating for the creation of state and city-sponsored <a href=\"https:\/\/stateline.org\/2026\/05\/21\/automatic-retirement-plans-spread-as-states-cities-push-workers-to-build-nest-eggs\/\" target=\"_blank\">automatic retirement programs<\/a> to help cover the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aarp.org\/pri\/topics\/work-finances-retirement\/financial-security-retirement\/national-coverage.html\" target=\"_blank\">more than 50 million<\/a> Americans who don\u2019t have retirement plans through work.<\/p>\n<p>Those programs, called automatic Individual Retirement Accounts, or IRAs, have been growing in popularity: More than 1.2 million workers across the 15 states with active programs have collectively saved $3 billion for retirement through state-sponsored plans, according to tracking from the Georgetown University Center for Retirement Initiatives.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mn.gov\/scrb\/\" target=\"_blank\">Minnesota recently launched<\/a> its auto-IRA program that aims to cover workers at all employers with five or more employees. <a href=\"https:\/\/labor.hawaii.gov\/hrsp\/program-overview\/\" target=\"_blank\">Hawaii\u2019s program<\/a> is set to launch this year, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wasaves.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Washington state<\/a> starting its plan next year.<\/p>\n<p>Those programs often capture lower-income workers who tend to be Black and Hispanic, said John Scott, director of Pew\u2019s retirement savings project.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think these programs are doing what they\u2019re supposed to do, which is really reaching those workers who have their access to retirement benefits cut off just by virtue of where they work,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Auto-IRA programs require most employers without retirement offerings to set up payroll deductions for their workers, but do not require any employer match. Employees are automatically enrolled, but can choose to opt out, leading to higher participation rates than if workers were required to opt in to save with the plans.<\/p>\n<p>Employees often contribute post-tax earnings to Roth IRAs, which means they can generally withdraw all or part of their contributions (but not investment returns) without penalties or taxes. That allows workers to not only start building retirement accounts, but to save up for unexpected or emergency expenses, Scott said.<\/p>\n<p>That may also help states persuade workers to stay enrolled in automatic retirement plans.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cri.georgetown.edu\/states\/state-data\/current-year\/\" target=\"_blank\">Georgetown\u2019s tracking<\/a> shows about 35% of California participants opted out of that state program, while more than 37% opted out of the Illinois program.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to a formal survey, Pew hosted an online discussion to ask Black, Hispanic, Asian American\/Pacific Islander, and Native American\/Indigenous workers about their views on wealth. Many of those workers did not view wealth in terms of the classic definition of assets minus debts. They instead prioritized financial security, which they saw as a more important goal than simply building wealth.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat came through in these comments was that wealth to them is really security, and security in the sense of I have some certainty in my life about the income that\u2019s coming in and the bills that have to be paid,\u201d Scott said. \u201cAnd I don\u2019t really have to wonder if I\u2019m going to have enough at the end of the month after paying off everything that I owe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While many people argue against allowing any withdrawals from retirement accounts before workers hit retirement age, Scott said more flexible programs such as the state-sponsored auto-IRAs provide workers with more security.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou have to meet people where they are,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd the reality is that if we\u2019re going to ask people to save for the long term, we need to help them build that resilience for the short term.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Stateline reporter Kevin Hardy can be reached at <\/em><a href=\"mailto:khardy@stateline.org\"><em>khardy@stateline.org<\/em><\/a><em>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"snrPubNote\">\n<p>This story was originally produced by <a href=\"https:\/\/stateline.org\/2026\/06\/01\/racial-wealth-gap-widens-as-many-workers-of-color-lack-retirement-savings\/\" target=\"_blank\">Stateline<\/a>, which is part of States Newsroom, a nonprofit news network which includes Missouri Independent, and is supported by grants and a coalition of donors as a 501c(3) public charity.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Employees restock groceries at a Target store in Minnesota. More states, including Minnesota, are launching automatic retirement programs for those without access through their employers. (Photo by Max Nesterak\/Minnesota Reformer) The racial wealth gap is widening as many workers of color go without retirement savings. The median wealth gap between Black and Hispanic families and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10284,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Racial wealth gap widens as many workers of color lack retirement savings - WestplexNews.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/02\/racial-wealth-gap-widens-as-many-workers-of-color-lack-retirement-savings\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Racial wealth gap widens as many workers of color lack retirement savings - WestplexNews.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Employees restock groceries at a Target store in Minnesota. 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