WALMART 401(K) PLAN · BENTONVILLE, AR · plan year 2024
Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.09%
Peer grade: D· admin costs + employer contributions vs same-size plans · how grading works
Walmart Inc. reported $41,265,152 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.09% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,092 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 has held roughly steady near 0.089%. The plan sits in the over $1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 1,229 comparable plans and shown alongside other retail trade employers. By assets it is the 1st-largest of 456 plans among Arkansas employers on file, and the 1st of 5,215 in retail trade. In 2024, employees put in $1.41 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.
Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$50,748,029,201
Participants with balances1,161,254
Active participants1,670,732
Employer contributions$1,825,137,785
Employee contributions$2,566,646,040
Employer contribution per active participant$1,092
Employer contribution per active participant$1,092
Median for plans this size$5,259
2024$1,092 per active participant
2023$970 per active participant
2022$922 per active participant
Walmart 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.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 710415188 ·
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Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.