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CONTRIBUTIONS BY MARITAL STATUS – 2024 vs 2025
Women 2025 Women 2024 Men 2025 Men 2024
WOMEN'S TRENDS
$9,396 $9,493 $9,895 $9,388 $10,137 $9,929 $9,855 $9,801 • Women across all marital status categories
$8,281 $8,301 increased their deferred compensation
$7,667 $7,629 contributions in 2025 compared to 2024.
$6,769 $6,643 $6,705 $6,741 $6,330 $7,112 • Divorced women increased their contributions
$5,624 $5,400 $5,830 $5,991 $5,639 • from $7,667 to $8,281 (up 8%).
In 2025, married women grew their
contributions faster than married men (5.4%
vs. 2.1%), cutting the gender gap among
married employees by more than half, from
$541 down to $242.
$876 • Women in domestic partnerships showed
especially strong growth in 2025, rising from
$5,624 to $6,769 (up over 20%).
DIVORCED DOMESTIC LEGALLY MARRIED SINGLE WIDOWED
PARTNERSHIP SEPARATED
Note: Small-sample categories (Widowed = 25, Legally Separated =18).
