If you resign or are laid off at 57 years of age, you may begin withdrawing from the 401(k) that you were contributing to when you left your company. Alternatively, if you resign from your job and retire at age 55, you may start taking distributions from the 401(k) plan you had with your now-former employer.
Pre-Tax 457: Upon severance from City employment, or upon reaching age 59½, 457 Plan participants can receive direct payments, without penalty, regardless of age.
For 457(b) and other retirement plans that require RMDs—which means non-Roth plans—RMDs must start at these ages: 70½ if you were born before July 1, 1949. 72 if you were born between July 1, 1949, and Dec. 31, 1950. 73 if you were born Jan. 1, 1951, through Dec. 31, 1959. 75 if you were born in 1960 or later.
You can: Call the HELPLINE at 1-800-422-8463 and an Account Executive will help you.
You may keep your contributions in the Plan and continue to build savings for retirement. However, you may withdraw your contributions if you: Have a Plan account balance of less than $5,000, exclusive of any assets you may have in a rollover account, AND. Have not contributed to the Plan in the last two years, AND.
Elective deferral limit The amount you can defer (including pre-tax and Roth contributions) to all your plans (not including 457(b) plans) is $23,000 in 2024 ($22,500 in 2023; $20,500 in 2022; $19,500 in 2020 and 2021; $19,000 in 2021).
What Are Normal 401(k) Fees? 401(k) fees can range between 0.5% and 2% or even higher, based on the size of an employer's 401(k) plan, how many people are participating in the plan, and which provider is offering the plan.
Yes. The Plan offers you an opportunity to defer benefit payments until as late as age 72 or as long as you're still working. When you retire you may be in a lower tax bracket. In addition, any earnings on your contributions will accumulate tax deferred until distribution.