<prompt> Human: My company matches 50 up to maximum of 4 of salary. So I contribute 8, they contribute 4, for total of 12. Pretty typical.So, the matches are always Traditional contributions, even if the employee contribution is Roth. The mistake i made was this: i elected for only 8 Roth. The company matched the amount i contributed AFTER taxes, so their contribution was less than the 4 maximum! And it will still be taxed when i withdraw!I missed out on several months of free money! Hope noone else did this!edit: oops. everything works out, false alarm.  <response>: Your contributions to the plan are based on a percentage of your salary, regardless of the manner in which it is removed from your payroll.An 8 contribution made to Roth, or Pre-Tax is the same amount. The contribution is figured based on your gross salary and then removed from your check in the manner that you elect. That would be either prior to paying federal taxes or after.If you are trying to figure out what your company match percentage was for the year, take your contributions divided by your gross salary, it will most likely be correct. There are some cases where your salary will be different from your 401k eligible salary, but it will be close enough.Your statement is correct in that your companies contributions will always be tax deferred and that you will have to pay taxes on those monies when you remove the money from the plan.More than happy to help you review the data if you can provide either your year end statement, if you are concerned about 2012, or your current year match if you can provide YTD payroll and contribution amount. 