{"id":121,"date":"2026-09-29T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.neashaminsuranceagency.com\/blog\/?p=121"},"modified":"2026-09-29T17:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T17:00:00","slug":"california-retirement-how-far-1m-goes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.neashaminsuranceagency.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/29\/california-retirement-how-far-1m-goes\/","title":{"rendered":"California Retirement: How Far $1M Goes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"video-zmyer\">\n<div class=\"video-frame-zmyer\">\n        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.roomvu.com\/agent\/embed\/glenn-neasham\/million-retirement-california-2ea6\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><br \/>\n        <\/iframe>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"video-description-zmyer\">\n<p>In California, $1M in retirement savings was estimated to last ~12 yr in 2026, placing the state as the US\u2019s third-most expensive for retirees.<br \/>\nThat estimate improved from ~9 yr in the prior year, as annual retirement spending in California was put at ~$84K for 2026 versus ~$102K.<br \/>\nCalifornia\u2019s listed yearly costs included housing at ~$24K, health care ~$8K, transportation ~$7K, utilities ~$6.5K, and groceries ~$5.6K for retiree living expenses statewide.<br \/>\nThe broader takeaway: California\u2019s everyday costs, from housing and groceries to gas and utilities, can draw down retirement savings quickly for retirees.<br \/>\nThe estimate was based on national avg. spending for people 65+ in every state, using federal spending data and state cost comparisons.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In California, $1M in retirement savings was estimated to last ~12 yr in 2026, placing the state as the US\u2019s third-most expensive for retirees. That estimate improved from ~9 yr in the prior year, as annual retirement spending in California was put at ~$84K for 2026 versus ~$102K. California\u2019s listed yearly costs included housing at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":122,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neashaminsuranceagency.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neashaminsuranceagency.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neashaminsuranceagency.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neashaminsuranceagency.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.neashaminsuranceagency.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":127,"href":"https:\/\/www.neashaminsuranceagency.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121\/revisions\/127"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neashaminsuranceagency.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neashaminsuranceagency.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neashaminsuranceagency.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neashaminsuranceagency.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}