3M SAVINGS PLAN Contribution & Employer Match

How 3M COMPANY Supports Your Retirement Savings

3M COMPANY provides retirement savings benefits through 3M SAVINGS PLAN. Understanding your employer’s contribution structure is essential — it directly affects how quickly your retirement nest egg grows. Below you will find the plan’s average account values and contribution patterns based on publicly filed data.

3M SAVINGS PLAN Average Participant Retirement Account Value

In 2024, the average participant retirement account value for 3M SAVINGS PLAN is $115,154.00

3M SAVINGS PLAN Estimated Average Employee Contribution Amount

In 2024, the estimated average employee contribution amount per participant for 3M SAVINGS PLAN is $4,850.00. If you contribute an amount exceeding this, you have saved more than your colleagues. Congratulations! Keep up the good work. Otherwise, you might want to consider contributing more to ensure a better retirement future.
310,454.00: this is the amount you will have accumulated 20 years later if you annually contribute the average contribution amount 4,850.00 in 3M SAVINGS PLAN, assuming a 10%* annual return.

* Data are from public filings.

Employer Match in 3M SAVINGS PLAN

An employer match is one of the most valuable benefits in any 401(k) plan — it is essentially free money added to your retirement savings. Your employer contributes additional funds based on a percentage of your own contributions. Missing out on the full match is one of the most common and costly retirement mistakes employees make.

3M SAVINGS PLAN Total Employer Contribution and Match Rate

In 2024, 3M SAVINGS PLAN allocates $4,751,410.00 to match its employees’ contributions, providing an employer match rate of 39.87% of their contributions

3M SAVINGS PLAN Estimated Average Employer Match

In 2024, the estimated average employer match for an employee in 3M SAVINGS PLAN is approximately $1,918.00
Investing in this additonal $1,918.00 for 20 years would give you extra $122,815.00, assuming a 10% annual return.

* Data are from public filings.

Are You Leaving Dollars on the Table?

If you are not contributing enough to capture the maximum employer match, you are literally turning down part of your compensation. For many plans, this can mean thousands of dollars per year in lost employer contributions — money that would compound over decades.

Use the policy details and calculator below to find out exactly how much you need to contribute to capture every dollar of employer matching.

3M SAVINGS PLAN Contribution & Match Policy

3M SAVINGS PLAN Plan Policies

3M SAVINGS PLAN Contribution, Match and Other Plan Policies

  • VIP: Participants may contribute from 2% to 35% of their compensation to the 401(k) Accounts (Before-Tax and/or Roth) through salary deferrals, not to exceed the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) limits (17% maximum for employees whose annual compensation is in excess of certain IRS limits).
  • Savings Plan: Participants may contribute from 2% to 20% of their compensation to the 401(k) Accounts through salary deferrals, not to exceed the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) limits (10% maximum for employees whose annual compensation is in excess of certain IRS limits).
  • Both Plans: Participants who have attained age 50 before the end of the plan year are eligible to make catch-up contributions to their 401(k) Accounts (Before-Tax and/or Roth), subject to IRS limits.
  • Newly hired employees in the Savings Plan are automatically enrolled three months after their hire date, and newly hired employees in VIP are automatically enrolled 45 days after their hire date, at a default before-tax contribution rate of 6% for Savings Plan and 7% for VIP, with contributions invested 100% in the LifePath® Portfolio closest to the year in which the participant will reach age 65.
  • In addition, participants automatically enrolled will have their default percentage increased by 1% each year up to a maximum of 10% of compensation beginning as soon as administratively possible on or after April 1 in the plan year following the plan year they were enrolled.
  • VIP: 3M makes matching contributions to VIP at rates from 45% to 100% of eligible 401(k) Account (Before-Tax and/or Roth) contributions (limited to the first 5% of eligible earnings).
  • Employees hired or rehired on or after January 1, 2009, or hired prior to January 1, 2009 and whose employer became a participating subsidiary on January 1, 2009 or later, will also receive a nonelective company contribution of 3% of 401(k) eligible earnings.
  • Savings Plan: Pursuant to the terms of various collective bargaining agreements, 3M may make matching contributions to the Savings Plan from 40% to 100% of the eligible participants’ 401(k) Account contributions (up to the first 5% of 401(k) eligible earnings, as listed in the collective bargaining agreement).
  • In addition, those participants (dependent on the specific collective bargaining unit agreement and membership) hired or rehired on January 1, 2009 or later receive a nonelective company contribution (Retirement Income Account (RIA)) made in cash.
  • Participants are immediately vested in their own contributions to the Plans, plus any earnings thereon.
  • VIP: For VIP, each participant’s interest in employer contributions vests at 40% after one year of service, 70% after two years of service, and 100% after three years of service.
  • Also, a participant can become immediately 100% fully vested upon attainment of age 65, when a participant is determined to be totally and permanently disabled while also receiving Social Security disability income, when a participant’s employment ends as a result of a management-approved downsizing, business sale or shutdown, or when a participant dies.
  • Savings Plan: For Savings Plan, each participant’s interest in employer contributions vests at 40% after one year of service, 70% after two years of service, and 100% after three years of service.
  • Also, a participant can become immediately 100% fully vested upon retirement, death or becoming permanently disabled.

2025 IRS 401(k) Contribution Limits

The IRS sets annual limits on how much you and your employer can contribute to a 401(k) plan. Knowing these limits helps you maximize tax-advantaged savings. Here are the current limits:

 20242025
Employee elective deferrals (pretax + Roth)$23,000$23,500
Employee + employer contributions combined$69,000$70,000
Catch-up contributions (age 50+)$7,500$7,500
Enhanced catch-up (ages 60–63, SECURE 2.0)N/A$11,250

The power of maxing out: If you contribute the full $23,500 annually for 20 years at a 10% average annual return, you would accumulate approximately $1,505,256. If you can maximize the combined employee+employer limit of $70,000 per year, that grows to roughly $4,480,385 over the same period — more than triple.

Use the 401(k) Savings Calculator to model your specific contribution scenario and see how your savings can grow over time.

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