The Cost of a Career Break

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According to the Center for American Progress, the average American woman who takes a five-year career break to care for a child at age 26 will lose $476,000. That sum covers not just lost income but lost retirement savings and benefits, too. And it works out to 19% of the average woman’s total lifetime earnings.