Delta Air Lines

Delta Air Lines, Inc. · ATLANTA, GA · DAL (NYSE) · Transportation and warehousing · sponsor EIN 58-0218548 · 5 plans with Schedule H financials, latest plan year 2024

Largest plan: DELTA 401(K) RETIREMENT PLAN

$18,985,170,319 in assets · 107,760 participants with a balance · plan year 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31 · full record

Recordkeeping fees per participant (headline)
$21.39
higher than 27% of the 790 plans of similar size (>$1B) that report it
= recordkeeping_fees / participants_with_balance. Schedule H, line 2i(3); OTH_RECORDKEEPING_FEES_AMT pos 160; filing 20251014143425NAL0004243664001, received 2025-10-14 · participants_with_balance: Form 5500, line 6g(2); PARTCP_ACCOUNT_BAL_CNT pos 78; filing 20251014143425NAL0004243664001, received 2025-10-14
Administrative expenses excluding investment management, per participant
$21.58
higher than 19% of the 1,045 plans of similar size (>$1B) that report it
= admin_excl_invmgmt / participants_with_balance. derived, admin_expenses (2i(12)) minus invst_mgmt_fees (2i(5)), floored at 0; filing 20251014143425NAL0004243664001, received 2025-10-14 · participants_with_balance: Form 5500, line 6g(2); PARTCP_ACCOUNT_BAL_CNT pos 78; filing 20251014143425NAL0004243664001, received 2025-10-14
Administrative expenses per participant
$108.23
higher than 74% of the 1,076 plans of similar size (>$1B) that report it
= admin_expenses / participants_with_balance. Schedule H, line 2i(12) total administrative expenses; TOT_ADMIN_EXPENSES_AMT pos 109; filing 20251014143425NAL0004243664001, received 2025-10-14 · participants_with_balance: Form 5500, line 6g(2); PARTCP_ACCOUNT_BAL_CNT pos 78; filing 20251014143425NAL0004243664001, received 2025-10-14
Administrative expenses as a share of assets
0.061%
higher than 66% of the 1,076 plans of similar size (>$1B) that report it
= admin_expenses / assets_eoy. Schedule H, line 2i(12) total administrative expenses; TOT_ADMIN_EXPENSES_AMT pos 109; filing 20251014143425NAL0004243664001, received 2025-10-14 · assets_eoy: Schedule H, Part I line 1f col (b); TOT_ASSETS_EOY_AMT pos 61; filing 20251014143425NAL0004243664001, received 2025-10-14
Employer contributions per participant
$5,621
higher than 73% of the 1,135 plans of similar size (>$1B) that report it
= employer_contrib / participants_with_balance. Schedule H, Part II line 2a(1)(A); EMPLR_CONTRIB_INCOME_AMT pos 68; filing 20251014143425NAL0004243664001, received 2025-10-14 · participants_with_balance: Form 5500, line 6g(2); PARTCP_ACCOUNT_BAL_CNT pos 78; filing 20251014143425NAL0004243664001, received 2025-10-14
Employer share of total contributions
44.8%
higher than 85% of the 1,135 plans of similar size (>$1B) that report it
= employer_contrib / total_contrib. Schedule H, Part II line 2a(1)(A); EMPLR_CONTRIB_INCOME_AMT pos 68; filing 20251014143425NAL0004243664001, received 2025-10-14 · total_contrib: Schedule H, line 2a(3); TOT_CONTRIB_AMT pos 72; filing 20251014143425NAL0004243664001, received 2025-10-14

97.5% of this plan's assets are held in a master trust. The trust's own filing was not found in the data, so its costs cannot be shown. Benchmarks and percentiles use the plan's own Schedule H only.

Plan terms

Plan terms are described in Delta Air Lines, Inc.'s SEC filings: Form 10-K filed 2026-02-11. No term could be quoted from them with the required precision.

Plans sponsored

PlanAssetsParticipants with a balanceHeadlineYear
DELTA 401(K) RETIREMENT PLAN$18,985,170,319107,760 $21.39 recordkeeping fees per participant2024
DELTA 401(K) RETIREMENT PLAN FOR PILOTS$15,928,334,92517,527 $2.38 recordkeeping fees per participant2024
DELTA 401(K) RETIREMENT PLAN FOR SUBSIDIARIES$114,510,0611,368 $11.41 recordkeeping fees per participant2024
DELTA 401(K) RETIREMENT PLAN FOR SEASONAL EMPLOYEES$42,531,6795,934 $25.50 recordkeeping fees per participant2024
THE DELTA 401(K) RETIREMENT PLAN - PUERTO RICO$8,095,265153 $22.07 recordkeeping fees per participant2024

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Sponsor name as filed: DELTA AIR LINES, INC.; SEC registrant: DELTA AIR LINES, INC. (CIK 27904, matched by EIN).