So, 2012 was the first year that I completely maxed out my 401k (I have been aggressively paying down student debt for years). I recently got a hey-you're-experienced-enough-now sort of promotion with a 5% bump. In this day and age, I am not complaining about that.
I did realize however that since my 401k contribution is set to a certain % (you can't enter a dollar amount, how stupid is that?), that my current percentage and new salary will put me over the 401k yearly limit denoted by the IRS. Whenever your salary goes up, do you keep the % the same, and frontload the 401k toward the first part of the year (assuming HR will put a stop on contributions when you cap out)? Or do you re-adjust accordingly?
I'm just curious because I've never been in this situation. Really, I'm probably going to call HR and have them change it to an exact dollar amount on the weekly paycheck.