80¢ raise

What are you going to do with the money?


  • Total voters
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542thruNthru

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This thread is already wrong and there for is off topic. It has been reported to the proper authorities!
We all get a raise in Friday, any plans for that money?

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542thruNthru

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Someone help me out. I'm stupid with math. If I'm moving a % of my check to my 401k.... why do I need to raise my % when I'm getting a raise. Shouldn't the raise already up the amount I'm putting into my 401k?

If I up it every raise I'd be well over 25% by the time this contract is over.
 

Est.1998

Well-Known Member
Someone help me out. I'm stupid with math. If I'm moving a % of my check to my 401k.... why do I need to raise my % when I'm getting a raise. Shouldn't the raise already up the amount I'm putting into my 401k?

If I up it every raise I'd be well over 25% by the time this contract is over.
Makes sense.
Say I'm already giving 5% at what I'm making now.
When i get a raise, that 5% increases because my gross pay increases.
 
Someone help me out. I'm stupid with math. If I'm moving a % of my check to my 401k.... why do I need to raise my % when I'm getting a raise. Shouldn't the raise already up the amount I'm putting into my 401k?

If I up it every raise I'd be well over 25% by the time this contract is over.
Do it when you get your raises and you don't notice it as much
 

Whaaaaaa

Active Member
Let me answer @542thruNthru question.
Say you made $1,000 each week and you contributed 10% to 401K; that would be $100 each week. Now if you got a $100 raise, your check would now be $1,100 each week, minus 10% to 401K which is now $110. So, you are only giving $10 of your $100 raise to your 401K. Your check would be $90 more each week and you would certainly spend it each week.

On the other hand, if when you get your $100 raise, you were to raise your contribution to say 15%. That would amount to $165 (15% of $1,100 = $165) towards your 401K each week. So, your check would be $35 more each week than what you were used to before the raise; and your 401K would see $65 more each week.

So, by doing nothing, you only contribute $10 more to your 401K. But by changing your contribution %, your contribute $65 more. And if you do that at a time when you get a raise, you don’t feel the increase to 401K because it was money you weren’t used to making before the raise; and the cherry on top is that you would still see a $35 raise on each check take home pay.
 
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