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General Dynamics Corporation401(k) + ESOP (KSOP)

GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION 401(K) PLAN 6.0 · RESTON, VA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.04%

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

General Dynamics Corporation reported $4,694,118 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.04% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $6,224 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 0.044% to 0.040%. 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 3rd-largest of 2,266 plans among Virginia employers on file, and the 29th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $1.52 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$12,394,482,052
Participants with balances66,926
Active participants52,307
Employer contributions$325,538,546
Employee contributions$494,024,882
Employer contribution per active participant$6,224
Average account balance$185,197
Benefits paid to participants$1,107,401,080
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorKPMG LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$12.4B · 66,926 accts · $325.5M emplr
2023$11.2B · 63,408 accts · $288.8M emplr
2022$9.6B · 59,991 accts · $228.2M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$1,606,050
Investment management$2,401,042
Audit (IQPA)$270,820
Trustee / custodial$94,793
Total administrative$4,694,118
The General Dynamics Corporation 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$6,224
Median for plans this size$5,259
2024$6,224 per active participant
2023$5,844 per active participant
2022$4,671 per active participant

General Dynamics 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 · 202410
FIDELITY INV. INST. OPS. CO. LLC · Contract administrator · Recordkeeping$1,606,050
STRATEGIC ADVISORS, INC. · Investment advisory (participants)$2,401,042
KPMG LLP · Accounting / audit$247,470
AON CONSULTING, INC. · Pension consulting · Other services$157,089
JENNER & BLOCK LLP · Legal$145,441
NEWPORT TRUST COMPANY · Investment management · Other services$94,793
MCCONNELL & JONES LLP · Accounting / audit$23,350
CROWE LLP · Accounting / audit · Consulting$18,883
WEALTH MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS, INC. · Other servicesindirect comp

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Empower, Fidelity
2023ADP, Empower, Fidelity, GREENSPRING ADVISORS, LLC

This plan has changed recordkeepers within these filings. If you left General Dynamics 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$4,694,118 · 0.04%
2023$3,708,737 · 0.04%
2022$4,284,259 · 0.04%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 131673581 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.