re: Do you think this is a good retirement savings rate

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If one would have $250,000 in retirement savings at age 40 By age 40, should one have acquired more in their 401K, Roth IRAs to retire comfortably fairly early, let's say age 60

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it depends on the indivdual and his or her income and lifestyle. you should contribute up to your 401k match and max out the Roth after.

so let's say i'm 25, I make $80,000 a year and I get a 10% match on my 401k. I'll contribute $8k to the 401k and $5500 towards the Roth. I'll have $16k total going towards the 401k and $21,500 overall going towards retirement. if i get an 8% return in each account i should have around $434k in my 401k and $149k in my Roth at age 40. so that's about 75% 401k - 25% Roth.

if your 401k match is lower your 401k percentage would be lower.

ETA: i misread your question 250k is good for 40 years old, good job. if you can get an 8% return a year until age 60 you have around $1.15 million