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The baby boomers consists of about 15% of the total population and they started to retire in 2010. Due to the size of this group of people, their retirement has become a social issue. Though local government officials are knowledge-based, middle-paid, their planning behaviors particularly around life planning and retirement consideration are not well understood. The purpose of this article was to 1)estimate levels of self-esteem, social support, income planning of retirement, life design of retirement, future stress, life satisfaction, psychological well-being of pre-retiring local government officials, 2)identify effect of self-esteem, social support, income planning of retirement, life design of retirement, future stress, life satisfaction on their psychological well-being, 3)propose strategies to improve their psychological well-being, and to help them more stable adaptation on retirement. In light of this, the researcher conducted questionnaire and interviews with pre-retiring local government officials in Daejun, Choongbuk, Choongnam Province. The implications on retirement preparation for pre-retiring local government officials were proposed. We should sponsor formal pre-retirement programs to increase awareness and retirement planning of pre-retiring local government officials