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Danaher Corporation401(k)

DANAHER CORPORATION & SUBSIDIARIES SAVINGS PLAN · WASHINGTON, DC · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.05%

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

Danaher Corporation reported $2,909,266 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.05% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $7,167 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 rose from 0.04% to 0.05%. 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 1st-largest of 618 plans among District of Columbia employers on file, and the 65th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $1.52 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 29,444 to 23,252 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$6,462,177,770
Participants with balances36,465
Active participants23,252
Employer contributions$166,646,643
Employee contributions$253,525,547
Employer contribution per active participant$7,167
Average account balance$177,216
Benefits paid to participants$669,089,299
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$6.5B · 36,465 accts · $166.6M emplr
2023$5.8B · 37,647 accts · $199.9M emplr
2022$5.9B · 43,386 accts · $204.2M emplr
The Danaher Corporation 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$7,167
Median for plans this size$5,259
2024$7,167 per active participant
2023$8,657 per active participant
2022$6,934 per active participant

Danaher Corporation'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 · 20246
STRATEGIC ADVISORS, INC. · Investment advisory (plan)$1,177,316
FIDELITY INV INSTITUTIONAL OP CO IN · Loan processing$523,254
GROOM LAW GROUP · Legal$256,245
RV KUHNS · Investment advisory (plan) · Investment management$180,074
ADP · Other services$58,834
NEWPORT GROUP, INC. · Investment management$27,500

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024BENEFIT PLANS ADMIN SERVICES, INC.
2023ADP, BENEFIT PLANS ADMIN SERVICES, INC.

This plan has changed recordkeepers within these filings. If you left Danaher Corporation before a switch, your account may sit at the earlier firm or in a rollover IRA. Looking for an account from a past job here? How to find an old 401(k).

Administrative cost history3
2024$2,909,266 · 0.05%
2023$3,133,520 · 0.05%
2022$2,680,966 · 0.04%
All plans at this employer2
DANAHER CORPORATION & SUBSIDIARIES SAVINGS PLAN401(k)
DANAHER CORPORATION & SUBSIDIARIES PUERTO RICO SAVINGS PLANProfit-sharing plan
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 591995548 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.