This article explores whether and to what degree information on the so-cioeconomic status – measured by professional status and disposable household income – allows making reliable statements on the willingness to remain in work in retirement age. These observations are controlled for professional and individual characteristics. The data basis is constituted by the study entitled "Continuing in employment in pensionable age" with N = 1,500 dependent employees aged from 55 to under 65. Logistic regressions show that the socioeconomic status makes a statistically-signifi cant contribution towards explaining the willingness to continue in employment: In comparison to employees with a lower or medium professional status, those individuals who have a high professional status tended to be signifi -cantly more willing to remain in working life for longer. There is a negative connec-tion between the disposable household income and the willingness to remain in employment in retirement age. The signifi cant effects that were found are however restricted to the women in the study.