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Lincoln National Corporation401(k) + ESOP (KSOP)

LNC EMPLOYEES' 401(K) SAVINGS PLAN · RADNOR, PA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.01%

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

Lincoln National Corporation reported $182,511 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.01% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $10,931 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 0.008% to 0.005%. The plan sits in the over $1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 1,229 comparable plans and shown alongside other management of companies employers. By assets it is the 19th-largest of 3,651 plans among Pennsylvania employers on file, and the 18th of 786 in management of companies. In 2024, the employer put in $1.15 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves; active participation has shrunk from 11,410 to 9,981 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$3,515,209,675
Participants with balances16,727
Active participants9,981
Employer contributions$109,105,700
Employee contributions$95,048,106
Employer contribution per active participant$10,931
Average account balance$210,152
Benefits paid to participants$359,371,446
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$3.5B · 16,727 accts · $109.1M emplr
2023$3.2B · 16,984 accts · $110.6M emplr
2022$2.8B · 17,833 accts · $107.9M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Investment management$139,041
Audit (IQPA)$43,470
Total administrative$182,511
The Lincoln National Corporation 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$10,931
Median for plans this size$5,259
2024$10,931 per active participant
2023$9,938 per active participant
2022$9,453 per active participant

Lincoln National 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 · 20242
CALLAN ASSOCIATES · Investment management$139,041
CITRIN COOPERMAN & COMPANY, LLP · Accounting / audit$43,470

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

Administrative cost history3
2024$182,511 · 0.01%
2023$194,665 · 0.01%
2022$234,412 · 0.01%
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Illinois Tool Works Inc. IL$4.2B · 0.05%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 351140070 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.