Plan Ledger DOL Form 5500 · updated monthly

Apple Inc.401(k)

APPLE 401(K) PLAN · CUPERTINO, CA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.03%

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

Apple Inc. reported $7,357,584 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.03% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $7,249 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 0.05% to 0.03%. 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 6th-largest of 9,483 plans among California employers on file, and the 8th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $2.00 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$24,708,171,361
Participants with balances143,849
Active participants101,217
Employer contributions$733,748,273
Employee contributions$1,464,448,926
Employer contribution per active participant$7,249
Average account balance$171,765
Benefits paid to participants$1,010,530,906
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$24.7B · 143,849 accts · $733.7M emplr
2023$19.8B · 143,144 accts · $679.5M emplr
2022$15.0B · 145,686 accts · $595.7M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$1,066,016
Investment management$6,241,456
Total administrative$7,357,584
The Apple Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$7,249
Median for plans this size$5,259
2024$7,249 per active participant
2023$6,698 per active participant
2022$5,614 per active participant

Apple Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran above the $5,259 median for plans its size. 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 · 202412
WILLIAM BLAIR INVESTMENT MGMT · Investment advisory (participants) · Investment management$2,561,538
FINANCIAL ENGINES · Investment advisory (plan)$1,929,300
BARROW, HANELY, MEWHINNEY & STRAUS · Investment advisory (participants) · Investment management$1,521,364
FID INV INST OPS CO · Loan processing$1,394,585
MARINER WEALTH ADVISORS, LLC · Investment advisory (participants)$58,735
FISHER INVESTMENT · Investment advisory (participants)$52,243
ENVESTNET ADVISORY CORP · Investment advisory (participants)$18,254
CORIENT · Investment advisory (participants)$13,611
CHURCHILL MGMT GROUP · Investment advisory (participants)$12,293
SFMG WEALTH ADVISORS · Investment advisory (participants)$10,330
CREATIVE PLANNING · Investment advisory (participants)$10,222
DYNAMIC WEALTH · Investment advisory (participants)$7,106

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

Administrative cost history3
2024$7,357,584 · 0.03%
2023$9,670,850 · 0.06%
2022$7,693,308 · 0.05%
Same employer
Similar plansManufacturing · California
Cisco Systems,Inc. CA$26.4B · 0.03%
Intel Corporation CA$24.8B · 0.00%
Chevron Corporation CA$20.4B · 0.02%
Genentech, Inc. CA$14.3B · 0.01%
Amgen Inc. CA$7.7B · 0.13%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 942404110 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.