Larger Co.’s Allowing High 401(k) Plan Contributions

May 7, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Sixty-eight percent of mostly larger employers report that their company allows 401(k) participants to contribute 25% or more of their earnings.

A BLR announcement about its survey said the latest data represents a significant increase over the 58% of organizations that allowed such contribution levels in late 2006.

While 22% of responding employers do not match employee 401(k) contributions, 32% match between 2% and 4% of salary, and 33% match up to 6%. Of those organizations that match 401(k) contributions, most (59%) match at least $0.50 cents on each dollar contributed.

The November 2009 survey received more than 1,000 responses, of which 75% originated from companies with fewer than 500 employees. The responses were evenly divided geographically within the United States.

Additional information is at http://compensation.blr.com/comp_docs/159517_66.pdf.

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