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Delta Air Lines 401(k)

Recordkeeping fees per participant · largest plan, Delta 401(k) Retirement Plan · plan year 2024

$21.39

Higher than 27% of the 790 plans over $1B that report it.

Source

= $2,305,205 / 107,760
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

10th: $6.72median $34.2890th: $56.58

Percentiles compare this plan with the Schedule H plans over $1B in assets of the same plan year, excluding final filings; shown only where at least 50 comparable plans report the figure. Plan year 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31, filing received 2025-10-14.

Largest plan, all six figures: Delta 401(k) Retirement Plan

Recordkeeping fees per participantheadline

$21.39

10th: $6.72median $34.2890th: $56.58

Higher than 27% of the 790 plans over $1B that report it.

Source

= $2,305,205 / 107,760
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

10th: $9.43median $44.4790th: $97.55

Higher than 19% of the 1,045 plans over $1B that report it.

Source

= $2,325,304 / 107,760
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

10th: $24.33median $70.0390th: $174.36

Higher than 74% of the 1,076 plans over $1B that report it.

Source

= $11,662,993 / 107,760
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%

10th: 0.013%median 0.046%90th: 0.111%

Higher than 66% of the 1,076 plans over $1B that report it.

Source

= $11,662,993 / $18,985,170,319
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

10th: $1,442median $3,74490th: $8,760

Higher than 73% of the 1,135 plans over $1B that report it.

Source

= $605,694,243 / 107,760
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%

10th: 19.8%median 33.4%90th: 47.5%

Higher than 85% of the 1,135 plans over $1B that report it.

Source

= $605,694,243 / $1,352,356,541
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, as stated in Delta Air Lines, Inc.'s SEC filings

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; display name from the Form 10-K cover).