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Amgen Inc.401(k) + ESOP (KSOP)

AMGEN RETIREMENT AND SAVINGS PLAN · THOUSAND OAKS, CA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.13%

Peer grade: B · admin costs + employer contributions vs same-size plans · how grading works

Amgen Inc. reported $9,761,225 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.13% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $17,909 per active participant. This ratio covers administrative expenses reported on the plan's Schedule H only; fund-level expense ratios are not included in public structured data — see methodology.

Across the 2 years on file its reported administrative ratio fell from 0.18% to 0.13%. The plan sits in the over $1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 1,229 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 20th-largest of 9,483 plans among California employers on file, and the 54th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, the employer put in $1.13 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves; active participation has grown from 12,714 to 14,965 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$7,715,420,902
Participants with balances22,574
Active participants14,965
Employer contributions$268,014,992
Employee contributions$237,183,261
Employer contribution per active participant$17,909
Average account balance$341,784
Benefits paid to participants$536,251,834
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$7.7B · 22,574 accts · $268.0M emplr
2023$6.9B · 20,055 accts · $210.5M emplr
2022$6.0B · 20,207 accts · $201.9M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$920,069
Investment management$7,903,793
Trustee / custodial$937,363
Total administrative$9,761,225
The Amgen Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$17,909
Median for plans this size$5,259
2024$17,909 per active participant
2023$17,037 per active participant
2022$15,877 per active participant

Amgen Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran above the $5,259 median for plans its size, placing it in the top quarter of its peers. Filings report dollars actually contributed, not the match formula; the formula itself (for example, 50% of the first 6% of pay) lives in the plan's summary plan description from HR.

What these fees cost you

Annual cost at the plan's reported 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20249
MERRILL LYNCH PIERCE FENNER & SMITH · Recordkeeping · Trustee$5,341,609
SUSTAINABLE GROWTH ADVISERS, LP · Investment management$976,987
ARROWMARK PARTNERS · Investment management$953,956
NORTHERN TRUST COMPANY · Trustee (directed) · Investment management$937,363
PZENA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT · Investment management$829,909
ARISTOTLE CAPITAL BOSTON · Investment management$572,377
SANDS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC · Investment management$314,382
WELLINGTON TRUST COMPANY · Investment management$105,705
NORTHERN TRUST INVESTMENTS INC · Investment management$11,812

Compensation shown is direct payments from plan assets reported on Schedule C. Providers paid through fund revenue-sharing appear as indirect.

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Bank of America / Merrill
2023Bank of America / Merrill

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Administrative cost history3
2024$9,761,225 · 0.13%
2023$10,185,265 · 0.16%
2022$11,837,656 · 0.18%
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Apple Inc. CA$24.7B · 0.03%
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Genentech, Inc. CA$14.3B · 0.01%
Applied Materials, Inc. CA$6.2B · 0.04%
Gilead Sciences, Inc. CA$4.3B · 0.00%
Intuit Inc. CA$3.7B · 0.01%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 953540776 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.