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PlanningHypothetical

Count the match you're getting, and the match you're not.

How much of an employer's 401(k)-style match a contribution captures, and what a missed match could grow to

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Hypothetical illustration only. These numbers are estimates based on your inputs and assumptions, could be completely wrong, and are not financial, investment, tax, insurance, legal, real-estate or retirement advice. Past returns don't predict future results. Important disclosures

Assumptions and limitations
  • The match is a share of what you put in, up to a share of pay, per the tiers you pick. Real plans add vesting schedules, per-paycheck matching (true-ups), pay caps and yearly limits.
  • Growth: the yearly match is added monthly at a constant return; with a raise, pay and the match grow once a year.
  • Every number is hypothetical and depends entirely on what you enter. Small changes in assumptions can change results a lot.
  • Returns are smooth and constant in the single-number projection; real returns vary every year, and real markets can do better or worse than anything shown.
  • Inflation is a single constant rate you choose (except in historical replays, which use the actual CPI of each year).
  • Growth compounds monthly (or at the contribution frequency) and contributions are made at the end of each period.
  • No taxes unless you turn on the simplified tax drag (all positive growth taxed each year at your rate, which overstates tax for buy-and-hold). No fees unless you set one.
  • Inputs stay in your browser. Saving uses this device's local storage; a share link contains the numbers you entered, so anyone with the link can see them.

Coteau may be wrong. Check every number yourself, and talk to a licensed professional before acting on anything.

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Beta 0.9 · Oct 21, 2026