<prompt> Human: Hey all,Im not certain Im getting the amount of match I should be out of my plan and was hoping to get your insight. One of my colleagues shared his match for the year and it was significantly more, despite the fact that weve both contributed the max for the year.Our plan is 100 up to 4. Heres the YTD numbers from my most recent paystub:Earnings Hours: Salary - 20,125.00 Commissions - 196,968.88 Bonus - 15,750.00 Total: 232,843.88Deductions from Gross: 401k employee contribution - 17,500.00 401k Company Match: 5002.38 my colleague has somewhere around 11k.Its worth noting that I try to max out my contribution early in the year I did it by May 30th while my colleague puts in just 700bi weekly pay period.Help me understand! Am I leaving money on the table by not drawing out my contributions over the course of the year or are there other factors at hand?EDIT:So the consensus is that yes, I missed out by maxing out early.Follow up questions: Because Im in sales, my paychecks vary greatly as commissions come in - from as little as 1500 to as much as 35k or so. Given this information, whats the best way to maximize my employer match? Just do 4 each pay period or a flat 729.16 17,50024 pay periods?Also, after bringing this issue up with my employer, they have generously offered to cut me a check for the match I missed out on. Of course it will be post-tax but better than nothing. Is there an easy way to calculate how much the difference is?  <response>: You maxed out early and missed out on employer matching for the remainder of the year, because you were contributing 0. 