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2025 is $11,250. The Roth catch-up wage threshold for 2024, which under section 414(v)(7)(A) is used to determine whether an individual’s catch-up contributions to an applicable employer plan (other than a plan described in section 408(k) or (p)) for 2025 must be designated Roth contributions, remains $145,000. The limitation under section 408(p)(2)(E)(i)(III) that generally applies to salary reduction contributions under a SIMPLE retirement account or elective contributions under a SIMPLE 401(k) plan is increased from $16,000 to $16,500. The limitation for certain of those accounts or plans under section 408(p)(2)(E)(i)(I) or (II) remains $17,600. The limitation under section 414(v)(2)(B)(ii) for catch-up contributions to an applicable employer plan described in section 401(k)(11) or section 408(p) that generally applies for individuals aged 50 or over remains $3,500. The limitation under section 414(v)(2)(E)(ii) for catch-up contributions to an applicable employer plan described in section 401(k)(11) or section 408(p) that applies for individuals who attain age 60, 61, 62, or 63 in 2025 is $5,250. The limitation under section 414(v)(2)(B)(iii) for catch-up contributions to certain accounts or plans described in section 401(k)(11) or section 408(p) that generally applies for individuals aged 50 or over remains $3,850. The limitation under section 401(k)(16)(D)(i)(II) and 403(b)(16)(D)(i)(II) that generally applies for elective contributions made to a starter 401(k) deferral-only arrangement described in section 401(k)(16)(B) or a safe harbor deferral-only plan described in section 403(b)(16)(B), respectively, remains $6,000. This limitation is increased for individuals who attain age 50 before the end of the taxable year by $1,000. The threshold used in the definition of “highly compensated employee” under section 414(q)(1)(B) is increased from $155,000 to $160,000. The threshold under section 416(i)(1)(A)(i) concerning the definition of “key employee” for top-heavy plan purposes is increased from $220,000 to $230,000. The annual compensation limitation under sections 401(a)(17), 404(l), 408(k)(3)(C), and 408(k)(6)(D)(ii) is increased from $345,000 to $350,000. The annual compensation limitation under section 401(a)(17) for eligible participants in certain governmental plans that, under the plan as in effect on July 1, 1993, allowed cost-of-living adjustments to the compensation limitation under the plan under section 401(a)(17) to be taken into account, is increased from $505,000 to $520,000. The limitation under section 402A(e)(3)(A)(i) concerning pension-linked emergency savings accounts that may be included in certain types of defined contribution plans remains $2,500.