Novartis Corporation401(k)
NOVARTIS CORPORATION INVESTMENT SAVINGS PLAN · EAST HANOVER, NJ · plan year 2024
Peer grade: A · admin costs + employer contributions vs same-size plans · how grading works
Novartis Corporation reported $186,992 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.00% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $24,058 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.
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 11th-largest of 2,419 plans among New Jersey employers on file, and the 40th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, the employer put in $1.10 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves; active participation has shrunk from 13,987 to 11,986 since 2022.
Novartis 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.
Annual cost at the plan's reported 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.
Compensation shown is direct payments from plan assets reported on Schedule C. Providers paid through fund revenue-sharing appear as indirect.
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 131834433 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.