{"id":14533,"date":"2025-05-03T09:17:41","date_gmt":"2025-05-03T09:17:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/finderica.com\/?p=14533"},"modified":"2025-05-03T09:17:41","modified_gmt":"2025-05-03T09:17:41","slug":"theres-a-higher-401k-catch-up-contribution-for-some-in-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/finderica.com\/?p=14533","title":{"rendered":"There&#8217;s a higher 401(k) catch-up contribution for some in 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"SpecialReportArticle-ArticleBody-6\" data-module=\"ArticleBody\" data-test=\"articleBody-2\" data-analytics=\"SpecialReportArticle-articleBody-6-2\"><span class=\"HighlightShare-hidden\" style=\"top:0;left:0\"><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"InlineImage-imageEmbed\" id=\"ArticleBody-InlineImage-107373572\" data-test=\"InlineImage\">\n<div class=\"InlineImage-wrapper\">\n<div>\n<p>Richvintage | E+ | Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"group\">\n<p>If you&#8217;re an older investor and eager to save more for retirement, there&#8217;s a big 401(k) change for 2025 that could help boost your portfolio, experts say.<\/p>\n<p>Americans expect they will need $1.26 million to retire comfortably, and more than half expect to outlive their savings, according to a Northwestern Mutual survey, which polled more than 4,600 adults in January.<\/p>\n<p>But starting this year, some older workers can leverage a 401(k) &#8220;super funding&#8221; opportunity to help them catch up, Tommy Lucas, a certified financial planner and enrolled agent at Moisand Fitzgerald Tamayo in Orlando, Florida, previously told CNBC.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"group\">\n<div class=\"RelatedContent-relatedContent\" id=\"SpecialReportArticle-RelatedContent-1\">\n<div class=\"RelatedContent-container\">\n<div class=\"RelatedContent-nonCollapsibleContent\">\n<h2 class=\"RelatedContent-header\">More from FA Playbook:<\/h2>\n<div class=\"group\">\n<p>Here&#8217;s a look at other stories impacting the financial advisor business.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"group\">\n<p>Here&#8217;s what investors need to know about this new 401(k) feature for 2025.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"ArticleBody-subtitle\"><a id=\"headline0\"><\/a>Higher &#8216;catch-up contributions&#8217;<\/h2>\n<div class=\"group\">\n<p>For 2025, you can defer up to $23,500 into your 401(k), plus an extra $7,500 if you&#8217;re age 50 and older, known as &#8220;catch-up contributions.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to Secure 2.0, the 401(k) catch-up limit has jumped to $11,250 for workers age 60 to 63 in 2025. That brings the max deferral limit to $34,750 for these investors.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"ArticleBody-blockquote\">\n<p>Here&#8217;s the\u00a02025\u00a0catch-up limit by age:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>50-59: $7,500<\/li>\n<li>60-63: $11,250<\/li>\n<li>64-plus: $7,500<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>However, 3% of retirement plans haven&#8217;t added the feature for 2025, according to Fidelity data. For those plans, catch-up contributions will automatically stop once deferrals reach $7,500, the company told CNBC.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, many workers can&#8217;t afford to max out 401(k) employee deferrals or make catch-up contributions, experts say.<\/p>\n<p>For plans offering catch-up contributions, only <a href=\"https:\/\/institutional.vanguard.com\/content\/dam\/inst\/iig-transformation\/insights\/pdf\/2024\/has\/how_america_saves_report_2024.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">15% of employees participated<\/a> in 2023, according to the latest data from Vanguard&#8217;s How America Saves report.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"ArticleBody-subtitle\"><a id=\"headline1\"><\/a>&#8216;A great tool in the toolbox&#8217;<\/h2>\n<div class=\"group\">\n<p>The higher 401(k) catch-up is &#8220;a great tool in the toolbox,&#8221; especially for higher earners looking for a tax deduction, said Dan Galli, a CFP and owner of Daniel J. Galli &amp; Associates in Norwell, Massachusetts.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While pretax 401(k) contributions offer an up-front tax break, you&#8217;ll owe regular income taxes on withdrawals, depending on your future tax bracket.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"Placeholder-ArticleBody-Video-108136621\">\n<div role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" id=\"Placeholder-ArticleBody-Video-108136621\" class=\"PlaceHolder-wrapper\" data-vilynx-id=\"7000373935\" data-test=\"VideoPlaceHolder\">\n<div class=\"InlineVideo-videoEmbed\" id=\"InlineVideo-0\" data-test=\"InlineVideo\">\n<div class=\"InlineVideo-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"InlineVideo-inlineThumbnailContainer\"><span class=\"InlineVideo-videoButton\"><\/span><span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"group\">\n<p>However, your eligibility for higher 401(k) catch-up contributions hinges what age you&#8217;ll be on Dec. 31, Galli explained.<\/p>\n<p>For example, if you&#8217;re age 59 early in 2025 and turn 60 in December, you can make the catch-up, he said. Conversely, you can&#8217;t make the contribution if you&#8217;re 63 now and will be 64 by year-end.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On top of 401(k) catch-up contributions, big savers could also consider after-tax deferrals, which is another lesser-known feature. But only 22% of employer plans offered the feature in 2023, according to the Vanguard report.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"group\">\n<div class=\"RelatedContent-relatedContent\" id=\"SpecialReportArticle-RelatedContent-2\">\n<div class=\"RelatedContent-container\">\n<div class=\"RelatedContent-nonCollapsibleContent\">\n<h2 class=\"RelatedContent-header\">Don\u2019t miss these insights from CNBC PRO<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2025\/05\/02\/higher-401k-catch-up-contribution-2025.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Richvintage | E+ | Getty Images If you&#8217;re an older investor and eager to save more for retirement, there&#8217;s a big 401(k) change for 2025 that could help boost your portfolio, experts say. 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