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Pfizer Inc401(k) + ESOP (KSOP)

PFIZER SAVINGS PLAN · NEW YORK, NY · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.05%

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

Pfizer Inc reported $9,419,816 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.05% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $18,743 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 rose from 0.02% to 0.05%. 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 5,648 plans among New York employers on file, and the 14th 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$21,973,079,939
Participants with balances57,024
Active participants29,469
Employer contributions$552,327,166
Employee contributions$593,649,452
Employer contribution per active participant$18,743
Average account balance$385,330
Benefits paid to participants$2,329,127,583
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorKPMG LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$22.0B · 57,024 accts · $552.3M emplr
2023$19.5B · 56,097 accts · $552.9M emplr
2022$17.8B · 55,659 accts · $487.2M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$1,873,663
Investment management$3,349,422
Trustee / custodial$94,083
Total administrative$9,419,816
The Pfizer Inc 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$18,743
Median for plans this size$5,259
2024$18,743 per active participant
2023$16,599 per active participant
2022$16,223 per active participant

Pfizer Inc'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 · 20247
ALLIANCE BERNSTEIN · Investment management$3,475,117
FID INV INST OPS CO · Plan administrator · Trustee$2,791,880
WELLINGTON TRUST COMPANY · Investment management$1,441,280
T. ROWE PRICE ASSOCIATES INC. · Investment management$818,831
SEI INVESTMENTS COMPANY · Investment management$474,587
STATE STREET GLOBAL ADVISORS · Investment management$179,777
THE NORTHERN TRUST COMPANY · Custodial · Trustee$94,083

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$9,419,816 · 0.05%
2023$5,116,159 · 0.03%
2022$4,791,215 · 0.02%
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Johnson and Johnson NJ$23.6B · 0.18%
Caterpillar Inc. TX$23.0B · 0.04%
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Pepsico, Inc. NY$16.7B · 0.01%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 135315170 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.