Read Business Insider's stories and watch our video after nearly 200 interviews with workers over 80

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Read Business Insider's stories and watch our video after nearly 200 interviews with workers over 80

This year, Business Insider interviewed nearly 200 American workers over the age of 80. See the full project.

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"I'm working because I have to. I don't want to." "I'm basically working seven days a week." "I don't want to fall into sedentary mode." "I'm still full of energy. I'm still very much on my game."

These are some of the stories we heard in interviews with nearly 200 Americans who continue to work past the age of 80. In 2025, Business Insider wrote more than 20 stories and produced a short documentary video — all examining why people over 80 continue to work well beyond the typical retirement age.

Older workers are the fastest-growing sector of the US labor force. Our "80 over 80" project examines the how and why.

Check it out below:

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Credits

Reporter:

Noah Sheidlower

Features editors:

Bartie Scott, Andy Kiersz, Hayley Peterson Herrin, Brad Davis

As-told-to editors:

Lauryn Haas, Jane Zhang, Tess Martinelli, Manseen Logan, Debbie Strong

Copy editor:

Tracy Connor

Design & development:

Eason Xinran Wang, Randy Yeip, Bryan Erickson

Photo editors:

Jorge Castillo, Isabel Fernandez-Pujol, Rebecca Zisser

Photographers:

Cassidy Araiza, Corrie Aune, Bridget Bennet, Jesse Brantman, Michael J. Fiedler, Brittany Green, Tim Gruber, Jason Henry, Brooke Herbert, Clark Hodgin, Shuran Huang, Nilo Jimenez, Melyssa St. Michael, Mark Petty, Valerie Plesch, Alyssa Schukar, Katie Shaw, Nate Smallwood, Laura Thompson, Katrina Ward, Matt Martian Williams, Cornell Watson, Annie Flanagan

Audience:

Corina Pintado, Victoria Gracie, Hannah Kennedy

Video producer:

Sarah Andersen

Videographers:

Timothy Wolfer, Juan-Antonio Puyol

Video editor:

Esteban Aburto

Motion designer:

Dorian Barranco

Video copy editors:

Mark Abadi, Caitlin Charles

Supervising producer:

Mark Adam Miller

Head of video:

Barbara Corbellini Duarte

Quicksplainer video:

Rachel Cohn, Jacky Zarra

 

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