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Calculate your FIRE number, required portfolio, savings rate, and inflation-adjusted timeline to financial independence. All math runs locally in your browser.

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Portfolio Required
$1,375,000.00

At a 4% withdrawal rate, this is the portfolio needed to fund annual spending.

Timeline Remaining
13 years 4 months
Projected Retirement Age
45.3
Annual Savings
$65,000.00
Savings Rate
54.2%
Real Return (after inflation)
3.88%
Portfolio at Age 45
$1,345,275.30
Current plan does not reach the required FIRE portfolio by the target age. Consider increasing income, reducing spending, or adjusting your target age.

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Analytical Logic

FIRE Planning Model

The calculator estimates the portfolio needed to retire based on annual spending and a safe withdrawal rate, then projects how long it may take to reach that target from your current portfolio, savings rate, and expected investment return - adjusted for inflation.

Formula

Required portfolio equals annual spending divided by the withdrawal rate. The timeline projection compounds portfolio value monthly using the real (inflation-adjusted) return rate and adds monthly savings from income minus spending.

Understanding the Savings Rate

Your savings rate is the percentage of gross income that goes toward investments after spending. It is the single most powerful lever in early retirement planning - increasing it both grows your portfolio faster and reduces the target you need to reach, since lower spending means a lower FIRE number.

Inflation Adjustment

This calculator uses real returns (nominal return minus inflation) to project portfolio growth. A 7% nominal return with 3% inflation produces approximately a 3.88% real return. This ensures the projected FIRE timeline reflects purchasing power, not just nominal account value.

FAQ

The FIRE number is the portfolio required to support annual spending at a chosen safe withdrawal rate. At the default 4% rate, it equals annual spending multiplied by 25.
Inflation erodes purchasing power over time. This calculator adjusts the expected investment return by the inflation rate to compute a real (inflation-adjusted) return, giving you a more realistic timeline than nominal projections.
The 4% rule is a retirement planning guideline suggesting that withdrawing 4% of your portfolio in the first year of retirement (adjusted for inflation in subsequent years) has historically sustained a 30-year retirement. It's a planning heuristic, not a guarantee.
A savings rate above 50% typically enables retirement in 15–20 years. At 70%+, the timeline can shrink to under 10 years. The calculator shows your exact savings rate and projects the timeline based on your inputs.
No. All calculations run locally in your browser with double-precision floating-point arithmetic. No data is transmitted to any external server.
No. Sequence-of-returns risk, inflation spikes, tax drag, fees, asset allocation, and a retirement longer than 30 years can all change the outcome. Consider it a starting point, not a guarantee.

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