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Applied Materials, Inc.401(k)

APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. EMPLOYEE SAVINGS & RETIREMENT PLAN · SANTA CLARA, CA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.04%

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

Applied Materials, Inc. reported $1,988,001 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.04% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $5,695 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 0.043% to 0.035%. 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 25th-largest of 9,483 plans among California employers on file, and the 70th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $2.65 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$6,165,051,366
Participants with balances20,399
Active participants15,323
Employer contributions$87,266,339
Employee contributions$231,238,633
Employer contribution per active participant$5,695
Average account balance$302,223
Benefits paid to participants$349,536,222
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$6.2B · 20,399 accts · $87.3M emplr
2023$5.1B · 19,791 accts · $83.8M emplr
2022$4.1B · 18,720 accts · $71.5M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$517,576
Investment management$1,450,425
Total administrative$1,988,001
The Applied Materials, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$5,695
Median for plans this size$5,259
2024$5,695 per active participant
2023$5,610 per active participant
2022$4,905 per active participant

Applied Materials, 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 · 20241
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$517,576

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$1,988,001 · 0.04%
2023$1,912,242 · 0.04%
2022$1,979,484 · 0.04%
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Genentech, Inc. CA$14.3B · 0.01%
Amgen Inc. CA$7.7B · 0.13%
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 941655526 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.