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Kimberly-Clark Corporation401(k) + ESOP (KSOP)

KIMBERLY-CLARK CORPORATION 401(K) & PROFIT SHARING PLAN · NEENAH, WI · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.03%

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

Kimberly-Clark Corporation reported $1,455,000 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.03% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $11,673 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 0.034% to 0.031%. 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 4th-largest of 1,936 plans among Wisconsin employers on file, and the 75th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $1.07 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$4,985,592,000
Participants with balances16,993
Active participants11,273
Employer contributions$131,588,000
Employee contributions$140,931,000
Employer contribution per active participant$11,673
Average account balance$293,391
Benefits paid to participants$518,365,000
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$5.0B · 16,993 accts · $131.6M emplr
2023$4.5B · 17,412 accts · $130.0M emplr
2022$4.0B · 17,237 accts · $90.1M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Investment management$1,129,000
Audit (IQPA)$79,000
Trustee / custodial$173,000
Total administrative$1,455,000
The Kimberly-Clark Corporation 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$11,673
Median for plans this size$5,259
2024$11,673 per active participant
2023$11,144 per active participant
2022$8,019 per active participant

Kimberly-Clark 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 · 20249
FID INV INST OPS CO · Recordkeeping · Loan processing$170,696
STRATEGIC ADVISORS · Investment advisory (participants)$2,283,850
BLACKROCK INSTITUTIONAL TRUST CO,NA · Trustee · Trustee (discretionary)$1,008,228
NORTHERN TRUST CORPORATION · Trustee$92,958
BDO USA, P.C. · Accounting / audit$79,500
HEWITT FINANCIAL SERVICES LLC · Securities brokerage$77,750
CURCIO WEBB · Consulting$33,218
PRINTEDGE · Participant communication$12,811
SIMPLY CONNECT CONSULTING · Participant communication$12,625

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Fidelity
2023Fidelity

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Administrative cost history3
2024$1,455,000 · 0.03%
2023$1,354,000 · 0.03%
2022$1,527,000 · 0.03%
Same employer
Similar plansManufacturing · Wisconsin
Johnson Controls, Inc. WI$7.7B · 0.06%
Fca US LLC MI$5.2B · 0.02%
General Mills, Inc. MN$5.0B · 0.10%
Westrock Company GA$5.0B · 0.07%
Georgia-Pacific LLC GA$4.7B · 0.04%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 390394230 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.