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Cisco Systems,Inc.401(k)

CISCO SYSTEMS,INC. 401(K) PLAN · SAN JOSE, CA · plan year 2025

Reported admin expense ratio · 2025
0.03%

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

Cisco Systems,Inc. reported $7,210,081 in plan administrative expenses for 2025: 0.03% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $9,410 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 3 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 141 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 4th-largest of 9,483 plans among California employers on file, and the 5th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2025, employees put in $2.16 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$26,369,799,774
Participants with balances70,477
Active participants40,529
Employer contributions$381,362,862
Employee contributions$823,965,806
Employer contribution per active participant$9,410
Average account balance$374,162
Benefits paid to participants$1,747,206,104
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$26.4B · 70,477 accts · $381.4M emplr
2024$22.7B · 72,060 accts · $360.0M emplr
2023$18.9B · 67,121 accts · $361.0M emplr
2022$15.5B · 66,636 accts · $323.4M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2025
Investment management$8,535,934
Audit (IQPA)$102,000
Total administrative$7,210,081
The Cisco Systems,Inc. 401(k) match · 2025
Employer contribution per active participant$9,410
Median for plans this size$5,084
2025$9,410 per active participant
2024$8,868 per active participant
2023$8,924 per active participant
2022$8,011 per active participant

Cisco Systems,Inc.'s 2025 employer contribution ran above the $5,084 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 2025 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20253
FINANCIAL ENGINES · Investment advisory (plan)$4,008,794
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP · Accounting / audit$102,000
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processingindirect comp

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

Administrative cost history4
2025$7,210,081 · 0.03%
2024$6,755,169 · 0.03%
2023$6,775,715 · 0.04%
2022$8,120,787 · 0.05%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 770059951 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.