Some folks here seem to love to overcomplicate things, or introduce factors that simply do not apply to the original question or post.
As mentioned before it was just a fun question purely for curiosities sake to compare with our own. Not to find out how much anyone needed vs anyone else. In fact the number is completely irrelevant, as is the SS number any individual gets. That was covered in another post/poll.
To refresh memories this was the original title of the post which I thought was self explanatory.
"Calculating Deferred vs SS vs Cash vs Pension vs Nest Egg Income."
Bearing in mind the limitation of Title Text, I went on to explain in the first post that I was simply asking what percentage of one's retirement income SS represented. Not what one's retirement income from all sources was, although it is interesting what percentage each source represents.
I was assuming the total would include as it does in our case all expenses in any average given year. Living expenses, accommodation, utilities, gifts, vacations, food, car, transportation, leisure expenses etc. are all examples of what we may spend in a year.
We all have different amounts that we like to spend per year to maintain our desired level of retirement bliss. It was not intended to be a percentage of the minimum, but the average. Some folks do not like to share actual numbers and that is all good, again that was not the intention. I have no issue with sharing basic numbers.
The simple answer is based on this hypothetical example.
SS=$50k
Pension=$25k
Income taken from Nest Egg=$50k
Annuity Income: $25k
Other Income: $10k
Total = $160k - $50k / $160k x 100 = 31.25%
So, SS= 31.25% of one's annual overall expenses for this given year. One could go on to summarize all other sources of income.
I hope that clarifies any confusion that may be apparent in the Title and first post.