Workers who have had money in their 401(k) accounts from 2003 and have been with the same plans had average account balances of $109,723 in 2009, compared with $83,161 a year earlier, according to the report.
?Retirement savers, by continuing to invest paycheck by paycheck, saw the benefits of being in the market in 2009, as stock values generally climbed during the year,?? said Sarah Holden, senior director of retirement and investor research for ICI, a mutual fund trade group.
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