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CONTRIBUTIONS BY GENERATION – 2024 vs 2025 WOMEN'S TRENDS

$14,000 • Gen X women grew their
$12,293 $12,547 $11,856 contributions from $9,701 to

$12,000 $11,530 $10,317 from 2024 to 2025.
$10,317 $10,294 $10,263 • This represents a contribution

$10,000 $9,701 rate 21 times higher than that

of Gen X men, with women
$7,530 contributing 6.3% compared to

$8,000
$6,598 $6,011 $6,817 just 0.3% for men.

$6,000 • Gen Z women showed the fastest
$4,330 percentage growth of any group,

rising from $2,119 to $2,792 (nearly
$4,000 $3,353
$2,792 32%), the fastest of any generation.
$2,119 • Baby Boomer women had the

$2,000 largest dollar increase of any

generation, rising from $11,530 to

$0 $12,293 (adding $763 per person).
BABY BOOMERS GEN X (1965-1980) MILLENNIALS (1981- GEN Z (1997-2009)
(1946-1964) 1996) They also outpaced Baby Boomer
Women 2025 Women 2024 Men 2025 Men 2024 men in growth rate (6.6% vs. 5.8%).