Pastor salaries, as are teacher salaries, are not keeping up with others with professional degrees, with a minimum of a Bachelorâs degree. According to the National Association of Church Business Administration, the average pastor in 2012 received an annual salary of $28,000.
Several people have e-mailed us recently for information on average retirement plan balances. Those balances are often released by many of the larger plan providers.and we've included those studies on our website. The federal government equivalent of the 401k, the Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) recently released some balances: As of June 30, the average TSP account balance was $61,221 for participants covered by FERS, a spokesman said. The average account balance was $52,356 for employees covered by the older CSRS.
The median IRA balance is $17,745 for people between ages 40 and 44, while those in their late 40s have a median of $24,264 saved for retirement. The average IRA balance is $49,948 in the early 40s and $68,683 between ages 45 and 49. 50s.