In August 2025, two important research findings were released that build upon earlier analyses of the Saver’s Match program, scheduled to go live for the 2027 tax year.

The two new research efforts – one by Morningstar Retirement and the other by Retirement Clearinghouse (RCH) – quantify overall Saver’s Match program benefits, and model the potential size, scale and operations of the program.

Retirement Clearinghouse (RCH) has launched two new Saver’s Match resources, which offer plan sponsors, plan providers and participants with consolidated information about the Saver’s Match program, as well as a new saver-focused tool – the Saver’s Match Estimator – which will calculate an estimated matching contribution under the program.

According to industry data, each year around 2.5 million 401(k) participants with balances less than $1,000 will change jobs, falling under the threshold where plan sponsors can automatically cash out their balances.

When provisions of SECURE 2.0 were signed into law in December 2022, the clock started ticking on one of its most consequential retirement savings public policy initiatives – the Saver’s Match.