Ramit SethiRamit Sethi: The No-BS Guide to Living a Rich Life

If You Knew How Much Boomers Make in Retirement, You’d Riot

22 Nov 2025 · 0 min

Watch on YouTube

0:24

Ramit Sethi breaks down what retired baby boomers actually make: large pensions, Social Security, and required minimum distributions from retirement accounts. He argues this wealth gap makes it nearly impossible for young adults to afford homes, and seeing these numbers would provoke outrage.

Now, the next thing we're going to talk about, it almost made my head explode. You know, one of the biggest shocks of your life will be talking to a retired boomer and asking them how much money they make. I genuinely think that young people would riot if they actually saw how much money some boomers make from their fat pensions, Social Security payouts, RMDs, while the average young person will never be able to buy a house.