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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%).
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