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 Washington Post (Aug 15) provided the information.