deferral

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This 15% recommendation is almost twice the average 7.7% deferral rate of people with Vanguard workplace retirement plans last year.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 5, 2026

At Vanguard, the average deferral rate, or percentage of income that participants chose to contribute to their retirement plan, rose to 7.7% in 2024, a record.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 8, 2025

Realmuto said that, like Kuyateh, tens of thousands of immigrants have been granted withholding or deferral relief over the course of several decades.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 1, 2025

But Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Sunday that he anticipated a deferral of those curbs, after the two leaders meet in South Korea on Thursday.

From Barron's • Oct. 29, 2025

His birthday was one of the last drawn, and anyway, as an undergraduate, he had been granted a deferral.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng