Calculate Your RISE Score® Using Our Simple Tool

Calculate Your Rise Score

Will you have enough retirement income to cover your essential expenses and live the life you want? The Retirement Income Security Evaluation (RISE) Score® is a measure of income security that can help you determine any gaps between your expected retirement income and monthly expenses.

Information you’ll want to have on hand:

  • Monthly Income
  • Your Estimated Savings
  • Estimated Pension Amount (If Applicable)
  • Estimated Social Security Amount (to Calculate Your Social Security Income, Click Here)
  • Estimated Amount of Any Other Sources of Retirement Income
  • Estimated Essential Monthly Expenses
  • Estimated Medical Expenses

A recent tax return may be handy. If you don't have access to all of this information, we provide average estimates on the subsequent screens.

The information you provide is completely anonymous and the tool doesn’t require personally identifiable information.

Tell Us a Little About Yourself

Ready to get started? Inputting the information will take about 10 minutes. You can choose to get a RISE Score® for yourself (Individual) or for you and your partner (Joint). To get started, click your selection below.

Create Your Profile

To get started, complete the profile below.

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What's your investment strategy?

Choose the profile below that best fits how much risk you take when investing your money. If your ideal approach isn’t available, choose the option that’s closest to how you invest. Please refer to our assumption documentation for more information about capital market assumptions.

Estimate Your Retirement Savings ($)

Financial stability in retirement often has a lot to do with your savings accumulated over time and the amount you have to utilize for all the expenses you’ll encounter along the way. Using the slider tool below, adjust it to best reflect your current amount of investments and retirement savings — such as 401(k), 403(b), Traditional IRA or Roth IRA, etc. Do not include a pension, social security, or any annuity payments or guaranteed withdrawals as this will be captured in a subsequent screen.

Are You Expecting to Receive a Pension?

A pension plan is paid into by your employer while you are actively working. If your retirement portfolio contains a pension plan benefit, we will factor pension income into your RISE Score® equation.

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Estimated Pension Amount ($)

Using the slider tool below, adjust it to best reflect your estimated amount of monthly income you expect from your pension. We understand estimating your future monthly pension income may be difficult. So we’ve provided an average U.S. monthly pension received for a baseline.

We assume that pension income does not grow with inflation, since most pension benefits do not include a cost of living adjustment. We assume that a pension benefit is stated at retirement age, and assume you will receive benefits beginning at the retirement age you have entered. If you have a pension adjusted with inflation, such as through a cost of living adjustment, please leave this blank and include it with ‘Other Income’ a couple screens ahead. However, for any other income that is not inflation sensitive, please include it here.

Any Other Sources of Retirement Income?

There are countless viable income options that future retirees utilize while preparing for sustained retirement income. Other income you expect to receive annually might include an annuity payment or guaranteed withdrawal, rental property income, income from a part-time job, or any other income or financial assistance.

Yes
No
Estimated Other Retirement Income Amount ($)

Using the slider tool below, adjust it to best reflect the estimated amount of monthly income you expect to receive in retirement. (Do not include possible pension income and/or Social Security income you may have entered in previous screens). We assume this amount will be received for your lifetime, so please do not enter short-term or one-time income items.

We assume you may have other sources of income that are inflation sensitive. Please indicate whether this income is in current (nominal) dollars or future (real) dollars. If the amount entered is specified as current (nominal) dollars then we will apply inflation to this cash flow using our inflation scenarios from today. If the amount entered is specified as future (real) dollars then we will apply inflation to this cash flow using our inflation scenarios from retirement age.

Estimated Monthly Living Expenses ($)

The average American household spends $3,813 monthly on essential expenses like your mortgage or housing, utilities, groceries, car payments, etc. (See regional expense breakdown). You'll need to cover those to maintain your standard of living. You may choose to estimate the expenses as:

  • Current Dollars, which will be adjusted for inflation using one of our scenarios from today;
Estimated Medical Expenses ($)

Everyone is eligible for medicare at age 65, and we understand future health costs are difficult to estimate. Still, to the best of your ability, use the slider below and set it to reflect the estimated monthly cost of your future medical expenses in retirement (i.e., monthly health insurance premium payments).

Remember:

  • Please consider only those expenses exceeding monthly Medicare and other insurance coverage.
  • It's important to understand your future medical expenses may change due to eligibility, overall changes in health, or possibly regarding supplemental health plan coverage.

You may choose to estimate the expenses as:

  • Current Dollars, which will be adjusted for inflation using one of our scenarios from today.
How Much of Your Portfolio Would You Be Interested in Allocating to an Annuity?

Annuities can be an important part of a diversified retirement portfolio because they can ensure that your retirement income is protected even when there are downturns in the market. So no matter how your other retirement investments perform, annuities can provide you with a source of protected lifetime income that few financial products can offer.

There are annuities to fit a variety of individual investor needs with different options and benefits. This allows you to tailor them to your specific needs — such as protecting your income from market downturns, providing lifetime income payments or leaving money to your family.

Use the slider below to see how adding an annuity to your portfolio can impact your RISE Score®.

WILL YOU HAVE A GAP BETWEEN YOUR RETIREMENT INCOME AND EXPENSES?

Will your retirement income leave a gap between what you have and what you need? There’s a tool that can help you find out. The Retirement Income Security Evaluation (RISE) Score® analyzes your income, expenses and the major risks facing your portfolio and generates a score that evaluates how likely you are to outlive your money. It’s like a credit score for retirement.

You can see how the tool works and find more information about the score and what it represents by following the link.

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