The impact of last year’s market crash on 401(k) account balances varies dramatically, depending on investors’ age and the length of job tenure. The Employee Benefit Research Institute, which tracks account balance data, reported striking data today continuing to show wide variation a year after the crash. Employees on the job less than five years are showing very large gains, no matter the age group. On the other end of the spectrum, older workers with long job tenure are showing losses in their accounts–although this year’s market gains have reduced the percentage drops substantially.

Here’s how it breaks out across age group and job tenure:

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