DELTA 401(K) RETIREMENT PLAN · ATLANTA, GA · plan year 2024
Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.07%
Peer grade: B· admin costs + employer contributions vs same-size plans · how grading works
Delta Air Lines, Inc. reported $11,662,993 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.07% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $6,730 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 has held roughly steady near 0.066%. The plan sits in the over $1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 1,229 comparable plans and shown alongside other transportation & warehousing employers. By assets it is the 2nd-largest of 2,160 plans among Georgia employers on file, and the 3rd of 2,677 in transportation & warehousing. In 2024, employees put in $1.17 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.
Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$18,985,150,450
Participants with balances107,760
Active participants89,993
Employer contributions$605,694,243
Employee contributions$709,174,452
Employer contribution per active participant$6,730
Employer contribution per active participant$6,730
Median for plans this size$5,259
2024$6,730 per active participant
2023$6,091 per active participant
2022$5,486 per active participant
Delta Air Lines, 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.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 580218548 ·
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Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.