RetirementRiskIQ Discovery

Retirement risk by state

Location shapes retirement risk. Explore state-level context for longevity, market sequence, inflation, healthcare and LTC, tax, and housing pressures before you run the assessment.

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What you will see

  • • Composite retirement risk (directional, 0–100) per state
  • • Pillar breakdown: longevity, sequence, inflation, healthcare/LTC, tax, housing
  • • Location-aware context, no advice or forced calls
  • • Links to city profiles and the assessment for personalization
Guardrails: risk-first, educational, public data only. No advice, no sales, opt-in only if we ever add referrals.

Highest-risk states

Relative scores based on public signals. Higher scores indicate more retirement risk pressure across the six pillars.

Lowest-risk states

Lower scores signal less relative pressure. Scores update automatically with new data releases.

How we score states

Directional signals from public data sources: SSA life tables, BLS CPI + regional inflation, CMS healthcare cost data, IRS brackets/RMD/IRMAA, state tax + retirement policy data, housing and insurance indices. Scores are explanatory, not predictive.

Longevity + sequence awareness

Retirement timing, expected horizon, and early-retirement drawdown sensitivity.

Cost pressure

Regional inflation, housing/insurance trends, and healthcare/LTC costs by state.

Tax + policy

State tax drag, RMD/IRMAA implications, pension treatment, and property tax context.

Location flexibility

Housing status and the ability to relocate or adjust spending paths over time.

States
Alabama
AL
56Composite
Alaska
AK
65Composite
Arizona
AZ
62Composite
Arkansas
AR
63Composite
California
CA
65Composite
Colorado
CO
64Composite
Connecticut
CT
67Composite
Delaware
DE
68Composite
District of Columbia
DC
58Composite
Florida
FL
62Composite
Georgia
GA
61Composite
Hawaii
HI
59Composite
Illinois
IL
58Composite
Indiana
IN
67Composite
Kansas
KS
65Composite
Kentucky
KY
70Composite
Louisiana
LA
69Composite
Maryland
MD
63Composite
Massachusetts
MA
56Composite
Michigan
MI
68Composite
Minnesota
MN
55Composite
Mississippi
MS
66Composite
Missouri
MO
67Composite
Montana
MT
59Composite
Nebraska
NE
60Composite
Nevada
NV
65Composite
New Hampshire
NH
60Composite
New Jersey
NJ
60Composite
New Mexico
NM
64Composite
New York
NY
64Composite
North Carolina
NC
61Composite
North Dakota
ND
58Composite
Oklahoma
OK
68Composite
Oregon
OR
65Composite
Pennsylvania
PA
65Composite
Rhode Island
RI
65Composite
South Carolina
SC
67Composite
South Dakota
SD
56Composite
Tennessee
TN
69Composite
Vermont
VT
59Composite
Virginia
VA
61Composite
Washington
WA
62Composite
West Virginia
WV
59Composite
Wisconsin
WI
68Composite
Wyoming
WY
63Composite

Next steps

Choose your state, then run the assessment for personalized sequencing, tax, and cost context. City pages and refreshed scores publish automatically as new data lands.

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Compliance & trust guardrails: no advice, no promises, public data only, and clear disclosures. We never use fear or urgency framing.