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You can invest your 401(k) into a wider variety of asset types than you could with an IRA.

You don’t pay taxes on your investments’ growth each year.

You can contribute up to $19,500, which is more than the limits for an IRA.

Your employer may match some of your 401(k) contributions.

An employer-sponsored plan that pays out a set amount every year after you’ve reached retirement age.

An employer-sponsored plan that you contribute some of your salary to before taxes. Your employer may match contributions.

A retirement account anyone can open that you fund with money that you’ve already paid taxes on, so it grows tax-free.

A retirement account anyone can open that you fund with pre-tax dollars. You pay taxes when you withdraw the money.

401(k)

Pension

Social security

Traditional IRA

Higher fees

Lower returns

Harder to use

Lack of personal touch

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Are usually higher than income taxes

Only apply to the richest 1% of investors

Are taxed the same no matter when you sell them

Are taxed differently depending on if you sell them before or after holding them for 12 months