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Employer Matching

Turbo charge your employees retirement savings by adding an employer matching feature to your company’s 401(k).

What is Employer Matching?

Employer match is a common 401(k) feature that enables the employer to contribute to an employee’s retirement.

How it works

There are three common types of employer match: dollar-for-dollar, stretch, and dollar amount.

Why offer it?

It incentivizes employees to save for retirement and helps employers create a competitive benefits package.

How Fisher can help

There are many options when it comes to employer matching programs. Fisher helps business owners tailor their matching strategy to their individual needs.


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Learn how businesses utilize a Safe Harbor employer matching feature to pass compliance testing and help employees save more for retirement.

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There are four primary ways to implement a 401(k) employer match:

Dollar for Dollar Match

An employer will match employee contributions dollar-for-dollar up to a certain percentage of the employee’s total compensation. For example, a 100% match of up to 3% of an employee’s compensation.

Stretch
Match

An employer matches 50% of employee contributions up to a certain percentage of the employee’s total compensation. For example, 50% match up to 8% of an employee’s compensation, for a total match of 4% of the employee’s salary.

Dollar Amount Match

An employer matches a set dollar amount to each employee. For example, an employer matches the first $5,000 of an employee’s contribution to the plan.

Safe Harbor Match

An employer uses one of three Safe Harbor strategies to automatically pass compliance testing: a non-elective contribution, a basic Safe Harbor match, and an enhanced Safe Harbor match.


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Compare different Safe Harbor options to help your plan automatically pass compliance testing.

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