What's considered a good percentage for an employer match on a 401k

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Are you saying they will match dollar for dollar up to 6%? If so, that is prett good.

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Yep, dollar for dollar they'll match up to 6% from her salary that she puts in.

6%. My company offers 3% until I work there for 5 years.

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Message Posted by Who Me My wife's company will match up to 6%. I am told that is pretty good. Is that good, ok, or bad?

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If they match at all, the. I would say that's good. I don't know this for sure, but I would think that there are a very small amount of companies that will match your contributions at all, especially right now. Take the free money and be grateful.

Good. Mine does. Dollar for dollar up to 3% and the .5 for every dollar for the next 3%

I've got mine at 6% right now, but we have up to 8% matching as an option.

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5 or 6 is very good. Anything more is shocking.

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I had a professor mention they (professors) put in 5% and the university "matches" with 10%.

So they work 2-3 days a week, have 1/4 of the year off completely and get those kinds of benefits. Not a bad gig.

At my company they automatically enroll you at a 3% match unless you tell them not too, and they match up to 6% which i take full advantage of

My company does 3% match wich seems to be about average.

I know there is one company local that does 10% - no employee contribution required. And have a friend that claims his company matches up to 12% wich is the highest I have heard.

6% matching here. About 40-45 employees total.