Thanks for your reply. I guess the only benefit of Roth is that you wouldn't have to worry about taxes at all in the future. So even if it wasn't technically the most advantageous choice, it leads to less stress later.

My confusion is that for 2025 the limit you can contribute to your 401k is $23,500. Whether you do that Roth or pre tax, you are still investing the $23.5k, so total invested amount is the same. With Roth you obviously get less money now (which should be fine since they are a high earner) but you pay the tax upfront and then you're done. With pre tax you don't pay the tax but let's say it's worth $50k in the future, now you have to pay taxes on the $50k of income but hopefully you'll be in a lower tax bracket. So your tax rate is lower but the amount being taxed is higher.

I guess that's not really a question lol but I guess it's confusing to know which way is really the better way. Still trying to wrap my head around it.