Annual Salary
This is your annual salary from your employer before taxes and other benefit deductions. Since your contribution and company match are based on the salary paid to you by your employer, do not include any income you may receive from sources other than your employer.
Annual Contribution
Your total contribution for one year is based on your annual salary times the percent you contribute. However, your annual contribution is also subject to certain maximum total contributions per year.
Age Retirement
Age you wish to retire. This calculator assumes that the year you retire, you do not make any contributions to your 401(k). So if you retire at age 65, your last contribution occurs when you are actually 64.
Current 401(K) Balance
The starting balance or current amount you have invested or saved in your 401(k).
Annual Salary Increase
The annual percentage you expect your salary to increase. We assume that your salary will continue to increase at this rate until you retire.
Employer's max match
An employer match is in addition to your annual contributions.
It is based on a percentage of your annual contributions. This range can be anywhere from 0% to 100%.
For example, let's assume the employer matches 50% of the employee's contributions up to 6% of their salary. The employee earns 100,000 per year and contributes 10%. The results would be:
- 10,000 from the employee
- 3,000 from the employer (which is 50% of 6,000 or 6% of the annual salary)
- Total: 13,000
Please read the definition for "Employer maximum" for a detailed description of maximum employer matching contributions. It is also important to note employer contributions do not affect the maximum amount allowed to be contributed by an employee. Matching contributions can be subject to a vesting schedule. See your plan information for details.