Submitted by [deleted] t3_zzwagb in personalfinance
SmoothCriminal2018 t1_j2dxclp wrote
How much are you currently contributing per year? That multiple includes both growth and futures contributions. Let’s say on your current salaries you’re saving 20% pre-tax (so $36k a year) That brings you to $350k before any growth. If we assume a 5% average growth factor over the next 5 years compounding (not guaranteed) along with that $36k/year, you should have $415k. If it grows at 7%, you’d have $445k. As you make more, you’ll also likely be able to set aside a larger percentage of your salary to retirement, so there’s variables involved but yeah $510 isn’t out of the realm of possibility
MkeGBRedwings t1_j2dz3bp wrote
I’m contributing 12%, employer matches 7%. Wife is contributing 10% and her employer matches 5%. So looks like we’d have to start contributing more to get there. Thanks for your response.
SmoothCriminal2018 t1_j2dzfio wrote
No problem! If you’d like to play around with how much you need to contribute a year to get there, I like to use this compound interest calculator
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