Baxter Healthcare Inc.401(k) + ESOP (KSOP)
BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES U.S. RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN · DEERFIELD, IL · plan year 2024
Peer grade: C+ · admin costs + employer contributions vs same-size plans · how grading works
Baxter Healthcare Inc. reported $3,685,983 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.08% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $6,749 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 0.09% to 0.08%. The plan sits in the over $1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 1,229 comparable plans and shown alongside other professional & technical services employers. By assets it is the 17th-largest of 3,702 plans among Illinois employers on file, and the 32nd of 11,654 in professional & technical services. In 2024, employees put in $1.75 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 17,767 to 15,900 since 2022.
Baxter Healthcare 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.
Annual cost at the plan's reported 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.
Compensation shown is direct payments from plan assets reported on Schedule C. Providers paid through fund revenue-sharing appear as indirect.
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 360781620 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.