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Bayer Corporation401(k)

BAYER CORPORATION SAVINGS AND RETIREMENT PLAN · WHIPPANY, NJ · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.03%

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

Bayer Corporation reported $2,674,653 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.03% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $14,680 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 0.033% to 0.025%. 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 7th-largest of 2,419 plans among New Jersey employers on file, and the 36th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $1.03 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 19,273 to 17,218 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$10,807,762,159
Participants with balances29,901
Active participants17,218
Employer contributions$252,755,585
Employee contributions$260,793,287
Employer contribution per active participant$14,680
Average account balance$361,452
Benefits paid to participants$1,342,862,966
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$10.8B · 29,901 accts · $252.8M emplr
2023$10.3B · 32,157 accts · $285.1M emplr
2022$9.2B · 32,645 accts · $280.2M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$72,602
Investment management$2,433,051
Total administrative$2,674,653
The Bayer Corporation 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$14,680
Median for plans this size$5,259
2024$14,680 per active participant
2023$14,731 per active participant
2022$14,538 per active participant

Bayer Corporation'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 · 20243
STRATEGIC ADVISORS INC · Investment advisory (plan)$2,433,051
AON INVESTMENTS USA INC · Consulting$169,000
FIDELITY INV INSTL OPS · Loan processing$72,062

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$2,674,653 · 0.03%
2023$2,711,275 · 0.03%
2022$3,289,432 · 0.03%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 251339219 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.