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Northrop Grumman Corporation401(k) + ESOP (KSOP)

NORTHROP GRUMMAN SAVINGS PLAN · FALLS CHURCH, VA · plan year 2025

Reported admin expense ratio · 2025
0.03%

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

Northrop Grumman Corporation reported $12,896,292 in plan administrative expenses for 2025: 0.03% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $6,882 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 fell from 0.033% to 0.031%. The plan sits in the over $1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 141 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 1st-largest of 2,266 plans among Virginia employers on file, and the 4th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2025, employees put in $2.13 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$44,347,903,439
Participants with balances148,763
Active participants96,488
Employer contributions$664,002,484
Employee contributions$1,415,870,193
Employer contribution per active participant$6,882
Average account balance$298,111
Benefits paid to participants$3,952,114,784
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$44.3B · 148,763 accts · $664.0M emplr
2024$39.5B · 151,821 accts · $653.4M emplr
2023$36.2B · 154,894 accts · $632.4M emplr
2022$32.6B · 148,314 accts · $556.3M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2025
Recordkeeping & contract admin$4,950,215
Investment management$6,019,774
Audit (IQPA)$218,314
Trustee / custodial$252,317
Total administrative$12,896,292
The Northrop Grumman Corporation 401(k) match · 2025
Employer contribution per active participant$6,882
Median for plans this size$5,084
2025$6,882 per active participant
2024$6,547 per active participant
2023$6,039 per active participant
2022$5,678 per active participant

Northrop Grumman Corporation's 2025 employer contribution ran above the $5,084 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 2025 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 202512
OPEN TEXT, INC · Recordkeeping$8,990
STRATEGIC ADVISORS, INC. · Investment advisory (plan)$6,019,774
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$4,950,215
STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY · Trustee (directed) · Custodial (securities)$252,317
DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP · Accounting / audit$213,035
CHIPTON-ROSS · Contract administrator$115,564
CALLAN ASSOCIATES · Valuation$59,195
OSI DIGITAL INC · Consulting$58,749
CITRIN COOPERMAN ADVISORS LLC · Accounting / audit$40,278
GLOBAL TRADING ANALYTICS LLC · Consulting$9,492
CARAHSOFT TECHNOLOGY CORRPORATION · Other services$8,386
HARTER SECREST AND EMERY LLP · Legal$8,146

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

Recordkeeper by year3
2025OPEN TEXT, INC
2024OPEN TEXT, INC
2023OPEN TEXT, INC

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Administrative cost history4
2025$12,896,292 · 0.03%
2024$11,661,911 · 0.03%
2023$11,512,500 · 0.03%
2022$11,487,575 · 0.03%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 800640649 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.