Benefit Plans

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2021

Compensation And Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]

Benefit Plans

9. Benefit Plans

Employee Benefit Plans

The Company’s 401(k) plan covers all U.S. employees beginning the first day of the month following the first month of their employment.  Under this plan, employees may elect to contribute up to 15% of their current compensation to the 401(k) plan up to the statutorily prescribed annual limit.  The Company matches employee contributions up to 4% and may also make discretionary contributions to the 401(k) plan.  The Company also contributes to various retirement plans for foreign employees.

The Company’s contributions to retirement plans during the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively, were as follows:

	Three Months Ended June 30,				Six Months Ended June 30,
	2021		2020		2021		2020
PCTEL, Inc. 401(k) profit sharing plan - US employees	$	184	$	158	$	356	$	396
Defined contribution plans - foreign employees		119		9		206		32
Total	$	303	$	167	$	562	$	428

Contributions for foreign employees was higher for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 because of the addition of Smarteq employer required contributions and employer contributions to Chinese government sponsored retirement programs were not required from February 2020 through December 2020.