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Tyson Foods, Inc.401(k)

TYSON FOODS, INC. RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN · SPRINGDALE, AR · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.14%

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

Tyson Foods, Inc. reported $5,044,965 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.14% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $973 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 0.12% to 0.14%. The plan sits in the over $1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 1,229 comparable plans and shown alongside other agriculture, forestry & fishing employers. By assets it is the 2nd-largest of 456 plans among Arkansas employers on file, and the 1st of 945 in agriculture, forestry & fishing. In 2024, employees put in $1.84 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$3,729,265,447
Participants with balances63,329
Active participants118,435
Employer contributions$115,199,904
Employee contributions$211,873,352
Employer contribution per active participant$973
Average account balance$58,887
Benefits paid to participants$535,617,014
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorMCCONNEL & JONES LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$3.7B · 63,329 accts · $115.2M emplr
2023$3.5B · 67,063 accts · $111.8M emplr
2022$3.2B · 67,276 accts · $114.3M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$2,306,940
Investment management$2,627,660
Audit (IQPA)$29,730
Total administrative$5,044,965
The Tyson Foods, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$973
Median for plans this size$5,259
2024$973 per active participant
2023$944 per active participant
2022$1,005 per active participant

Tyson Foods, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $5,259 median for plans its size, in the bottom 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
NORTHWEST INVESTMENT CONSULTING, I · Recordkeeping · Consulting$293,662
PARNASSUS INVESTMENTS LLC · Investment management$799,086
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$760,270
INVESCO ADVISERS INC · Investment management$240,957
AON CONSULTING INC · Consulting · Investment advisory (plan)$105,719
CHARLES SCHWAB TRUST BANK · Other services$37,093
MCCONNELL & JONES LLP · Accounting / audit$29,730

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024NORTHWEST INVESTMENT CONSULTING, I
2023NWPS

This plan has changed recordkeepers within these filings. If you left Tyson Foods, Inc. before a switch, your account may sit at the earlier firm or in a rollover IRA. Looking for an account from a past job here? How to find an old 401(k).

Administrative cost history3
2024$5,044,965 · 0.14%
2023$3,999,881 · 0.12%
2022$4,021,035 · 0.12%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 710225165 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.