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WHAT'S NEXT?: Over the next 20 years, more than 70 million baby boomers will retire, and the workplace will be dominated by experienced Millennials and Generation Z employees. Find out how Baby Boomers expectations and needs will change as this massive demographic shift takes place.

• [New] By 2030, all Baby Boomers will have reached age 65, and older adults are expected to represent approximately 20% of the U.S. population. Investor Relations | AMN Healthcare Services Inc.
• [New] As baby boomers retire, millions more Americans draw benefits; by 2030 roughly 20% of Americans will be 65 or older according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Schwab Brokerage
• [New] Aging population and retirements: About 10,000 baby boomers reach retirement age every day, and roughly 90% will have stopped working by 2030. Lighthouse
• [New] Restrictive immigration policies and an aging population have since brought it down to roughly 50,000, with Oxford projecting the bulk of baby boomer retirements will occur between 2026 and 2029. Kelly
• [New] The number of jobs needed each month to hold unemployment steady will fall to zero by 2027 and turn negative by 2028, driven by boomer retirements and declining immigration. Kelly
• [New] The entire baby boomer generation will soon surpass the U.S. full retirement age of 67, putting extra fiscal strain on entitlement programs like Social Security and Medicare. The Dispatch
• An average of 10,000 boomers a day are turning 65 from 2011 through 2029. CBS News
• By 2030, nearly all Baby Boomers will be 65 or older, and the demographic aged 75 and older is projected to grow substantially. / USA Strategy Healthcare
• For years, demographic futurists have predicted an unprecedented generational wealth transfer - estimated at upwards of $18 trillion - as ageing Baby Boomers pass their assets to heirs and charitable causes. Foundation Source
• The youngest baby boomers will turn 65 in 2029 (70 in 2034), so the current wave of retirements has further room to run. RBC Economics
• Roughly 73 million baby boomers will be 65 or older, making up more than a fifth of the U.S. population. SeniorSite
• As American baby boomers and others pass on accumulated assets to their heirs, US$ 124 trillion in private wealth is expected to shift hands through 2048, with an estimated US$ 18 trillion going to philanthropic causes. Project Drawdown
• 2026 will be focused on nostalgia - compared to 44% of Gen Xers and just 37% of baby boomers. The Avery Journal-Times
• Baby Boomers hold approximately 40% of U.S. residential real estate, representing $18 to $20 trillion in housing wealth, that will gradually change hands over the next 15 to 20 years. Las Vegas Sun
• Currently, one in four U.S. workers is a baby boomer, meaning as many as 25% of the workforce could retire in the next eight years. SeniorSite
• By 2030, the last baby boomers will turn 65, triggering a wave of retirements from the largest cohort in the workforce. Fortune
• By 2030, every single Baby Boomer will be over 65. NSS USA

Last updated: 30 August 2026