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Today is Saturday July 05, 2008

Pension Calculations
Analysis & Commentary: "California's Deficit"
(to calculate: click curser on, then off, yellow input cell)

    age at retirement  
    life expectancy  
       
    retirement payment / month
    years retired  
             
    amount needed for retirement
       
    age entering workforce  
    years working  
    average lifetime annual salary
             
    lifetime earnings  
       
       
       
    number of employees per organization
       
    amount needed for retirement (trillions)
             
    cost / year based on withheld % (billions)



How to use this calculator:

(1) It is sometimes necessary to click on one of the yellow input cells, then click somewhere else on the screen in order to prompt the interactive spreadsheet to calculate and display results.

(2) Yellow cells are input cells - you may enter your own assumptions in these cells.

(3) When you refresh the screen, the original default assumptions will reappear in the yellow input cells.
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