Are you ready for some.....retirement?

SYM
Wed, 14 Dec 2016 19:00:00 +0000

I am an almost 66-year old college professor, and my wife has only a part-time job. Since I am working in a “directional” state university, there is not much research pressure, and as a result my work is quite easy. In addition, there are so many breaks per year, so I don’t see any reason to retire any time soon.

Although I had been complaining about the low academic salary, when I looked at recently the estimated amount of monthly TIAA pension plus social security (assuming that I retire at 75), it was substantially more than my current income. It seemed to me a little too good to be true. Is this normal?