A 2015 study by Financial Engines found that roughly a quarter of employees fail to contribute enough to their employer's 401 (k) retirement savings plan to
get the full matching contribution, thus passing up the chance to get free money from their employer.
We max out our Roths, I contributed 6.25 % to the pension fund with a matching 6 %, and my husband puts in enough to
get the full matching contribution from his 401 (k)
Research from Betterment found that 23 percent of American workers don't save enough in their employer's retirement plan to
get the full matching contribution.
If there's not enough room in your budget to set aside 15 percent, save enough to
get the full matching contribution from your employer, assuming your company offers a match for retirement contributions.
If your employer matches your 401K contributions up to a certain percentage (or dollar amount), you are absolutely crazy if you don't contribute at least enough to
get the full matching contribution from your company.
If you're already saving enough in your 401k to
get the full matching contribution offered by your employer — or if your employer doesn't offer a workplace retirement account — use your bonus to fund a Roth IRA.
Not exact matches
For example, instead of giving a 100 percent
match on the first three percent of salary put into the plan, a company may
match 50 percent of
contributions up to 6 percent, so employees need to contribute 6 percent to
get the
full match.
That meant first maxing out
contributions to 401 (k) s, IRAs and ROTH retirement plans and
getting the
full company
match on employer - sponsored plans, if one existed.
According to separate calculations by Alight Solutions and Fidelity Investments, one out of five workers don't invest enough to
get their employer's
full matching contribution.
If your employer makes a
matching contribution, try to continue contributing at least enough to
get the
full match.
This access makes it easy to update your
contributions to make sure you're setting aside enough each paycheck to
get your employer's
full matching contribution — if one is offered.
Make sure you're contributing enough to your 401k to
get your employer's
full matching contribution, if it offers one.
If your employer makes
matching contributions, contribute enough to the 401 (k) to
get the
full match before adding to your Roth IRA.
For me, passing up the «free» money from my employer was just too hard to do, so I cut my 401k
contributions down to the point were I still
got my
full company
match (6 % in my case).
• Whatever else you do, be sure that your
contributions to your retirement plan are enough to
get the
full benefit of your company's
matching funds.
For example, if your company
matches 50 % up to a
contribution of 10 % of your salary then invest at least 10 % of your salary to
get that
full match.
If your employer will
match your
contributions, try to take
full advantage and commit a large enough percentage to
get the
full benefit.
Be sure you are putting away at least the maximum
contribution that will
get you the
full match.
The one caveat would be an employer
matching 401k, or 403b but even these can't
match the benefits of an IRA once you exceed your employer's
matching contribution limit (always make sure you
get your employers
full matching benefit before opening an IRA).
If your employer offers any type of
contribution match, contribute enough to your 401 (k) to
get the
full match.
If your employer offers a 401 (k) and a
contribution match, contribute enough to your 401 (k) to
get the
full match.
For example, if your plan requires a 6 %
contribution to
get the employer's maximum
match of 3 %, contributing just enough to
get the
full match results in total savings of 9 % of salary, well short of the 15 % the Boston College Center For Retirement Research recommends.
If your company
matches your 401k
contributions up to a certain percentage of your salary it makes sense to invest at least enough to
get the
full company
match.
If your employer offers a retirement plan (like a 401 (k) or 403 (b) plan) and will
match your
contributions up to a certain percentage, make sure you
get the
full amount of free money that's available to you.
Perhaps you should consider splitting your extra $ 250 / mo to
get the max
matching possible (is it the
full $ 150 at $ 250
contribution or can it be lowered?
Twenty - five percent of employees miss out on this free money because they don't contribute enough to their retirement plan to
get their employer's
full matching contribution, according to Financial Engines, an independent investment adviser website.
If you participate in a 401 (k) plan, be sure you are contributing enough to
get the
full employer
match contribution.