401(k) Monitor

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company 401(k) match: 6% max

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company Employee Incentive Thrift Plan · BMY · CIK 14272

Maximum employer match, as a share of pay

6%

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company matches 100% (dollar-for-dollar) of the first 6% of pay.

Bristol-Myers Squibb's Form 11-K filings for plan year 2025 describe three separate 401(k) plans. The terms on this page are read from the Bristol-Myers Squibb Company Employee Incentive Thrift Plan. They do not all state the same match, so each one is listed below with the group it covers and what it pays.

From the Form 11-K filed June 5, 2026, covering the plan year ended December 31, 2025. Page data last updated July 28, 2026, when the Form 5500 bulk data was last refreshed. Why filings lag

On this page: which plan you are in · what the employer actually paid in · the formula, word for word · when the money becomes yours · who can join · what the plan reports to the DOL · how it compares · what to do next

Which Bristol-Myers Squibb 401(k) plan are you in?

Bristol-Myers Squibb's Form 11-K filings for this plan year describe three plans, and they do not state the same match. Find the plan you are in before you take a number off this page. The terms in the rest of the page are read from the Bristol-Myers Squibb Company Employee Incentive Thrift Plan.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company Employee Incentive Thrift Plan (the plan this page answers for)

The filing states no limit on who this plan covers · Form 11-K

6% of pay, at most

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company Savings and Investment Program

The filing states no limit on who this plan covers · Form 11-K

6% of pay, at most

Bristol-Myers Squibb Puerto Rico, Inc. Savings and Investment Program

Employees in Puerto Rico · Form 11-K

5% of pay, at most

One row per plan, taken from the three Form 11-K reports this site has read for the plan year ended December 31, 2025. Each maximum comes from that plan’s own filing and describes only that plan.

What Bristol-Myers Squibb puts in, and what the plan costs

What Bristol-Myers Squibb put into the plan, per active participant

$5,582

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company put $5,582 into this plan for each of its 167 active participants in plan year 2024. This is the whole employer side of the plan: matching money, profit sharing, non-elective and safe-harbor contributions, and reallocated forfeitures. The Form 5500 does not separate them, so this is what the employer put in and not the match.

0 · least per person100 · most per person

Bristol-Myers Squibb put in more per active participant than 73% of plans with 100–499 participants in pharmaceuticals and chemicals. The middle plan in that group of 492 reported $3,534. Pharmaceuticals and chemicals comes from business code 325410, which Bristol-Myers Squibb entered on its own Form 5500. Sponsors pick that code themselves, so a code that does not describe what the employer does ranks the plan against the wrong companies.

What this figure cannot separate: how much Bristol-Myers Squibb pays, and how much it puts in

This is dollars, not a rate. A Form 5500 carries no payroll, so the figure reflects both how much the employer puts in and how much the employer pays: two plans running the same formula report different amounts when one pays better. Crossing the peer group with industry holds most of that difference still, and none of it disappears.

This is one plan year, not an average. A true-up, a plan merger or a one-off contribution moves a single year on its own.

Source: DOL Form 5500 for the plan year ended December 31, 2024, EIN 220790350, plan 007 · DOL EFAST2

The $5,582 above is the Form 5500 figure for plan year 2024, and it counts every employer dollar on one line. Bristol-Myers Squibb Company also files a Form 11-K, which states the match formula for plan year 2025: the card below reads $2,970 a year at a $49,500 salary, and the same filing states employer contributions made outside the match. That second figure is what the formula pays one worker on that salary, and not an amount either filing reports. The two figures cover different plan years and measure different things, so neither one is the other one corrected.

What Bristol-Myers Squibb puts in

$2,970

a year, at a $49,500 salary.

The match paragraph, word for word
The Plan allows for catch-up contributions for participants who are 50 years of age or older. Catch-up contributions are intended to give eligible participants the opportunity to make additional pre-tax and/or Roth 401(k) contributions over the applicable Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Plan limits. Catch-up contributions can be from 1% to 75% of the participant’s annual benefit salary or wages, subject to applicable Code limits and guidelines. There is no Company match on catch-up contributions. Effective January 1, 2026, if a participant's FICA wages paid by BMS in the prior calendar year exceeded $150,000, any catch up contributions to the Plan must be made as Roth 401(k) contributions. The Plan allows for Roth 401(k) in-plan conversion to provide participants the ability to diversify retirement assets between Roth and non-Roth 401(k) accounts in accordance with applicable Roth 401(k) requirements. Employer Contributions – The Company makes a matching contribution equal to one dollar for each dollar of participant contributions not to exceed 6% of the participant’s eligible compensation.

What you contribute to collect all of it

Contribute at least 6% of your pay to collect the full match.

That is $2,970 a year at a $49,500 salary, and it scales with your own.

Vesting score

71.43 out of 100

How fast the employer’s money becomes yours. Higher than 32% of the 253 schedules we have scored.

It measures vesting speed and nothing else. It says nothing about the size of the match, what the plan charges, or the funds inside it.

Vesting scheduleGraded, full at 3 years

Share of the employer's money that is the worker's at hire and at each of the first 6 anniversaries: 0%, 33%, 67%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%. The score is the average of those 7 readings.

Vesting, word for word
Vesting – Matching contributions vest over a three year period at a rate of 33% after 1 year of service a participant completes, 67% after two years of service, and 100% after three years of service and additional annual contributions vest at the rate of 20% for each year of qualifying service. In addition, a participant will become 100% vested in Company contributions regardless of his or her years of service upon death while employed by the Company. A participant is always 100% vested in his or her pre-tax, Roth 401(k), traditional after-tax, rollover contributions from other plans and catch-up contributions, as well as any earnings thereon.

The wait before the match starts and the year-end true-up appear above when the filing states them. Neither is part of the score, and a filing that is silent on one of them is not a plan without it.

The formula, the six-year window and a worked example

What the plan costs, against plans of its size

Not reported

The Form 5500 filing does not report the plan-paid administrative expenses this figure needs.

What is Bristol-Myers Squibb's 401(k) match formula?

Bristol-Myers Squibb's 401(k) employer match tops out at 6% of pay. One rate up to one limit is the commonest of the four shapes a match formula takes.

Match formula100% (dollar-for-dollar) of the first 6% of pay
Maximum employer match6% of compensation
ConditionsThere is no Company match on catch-up contributions. Automatic contributions are matched on the same terms as elected employee pre-tax contributions.
Other employer contributionAdditional discretionary annual contribution of 1% to 2% of eligible compensation, based on points equal to the sum of the employee's age plus years of service; requires active employment on the last business day of the plan year, with limited exceptions for death, long-term disability or retirement during the year

At a $45,000 salary, contributing 6% ($2,700) earns the full employer match of $2,700 for the year.

What the filing says, word for word
The Plan allows for catch-up contributions for participants who are 50 years of age or older. Catch-up contributions are intended to give eligible participants the opportunity to make additional pre-tax and/or Roth 401(k) contributions over the applicable Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Plan limits. Catch-up contributions can be from 1% to 75% of the participant’s annual benefit salary or wages, subject to applicable Code limits and guidelines. There is no Company match on catch-up contributions. Effective January 1, 2026, if a participant's FICA wages paid by BMS in the prior calendar year exceeded $150,000, any catch up contributions to the Plan must be made as Roth 401(k) contributions. The Plan allows for Roth 401(k) in-plan conversion to provide participants the ability to diversify retirement assets between Roth and non-Roth 401(k) accounts in accordance with applicable Roth 401(k) requirements. Employer Contributions – The Company makes a matching contribution equal to one dollar for each dollar of participant contributions not to exceed 6% of the participant’s eligible compensation.

Source: Form 11-K filed June 5, 2026, SEC EDGAR · SEC

What is Bristol-Myers Squibb's 401(k) vesting schedule?

Bristol-Myers Squibb vests the employer match on a graded schedule: 33% after one year, rising to 100% after three. Each step is money that leaves with you that year, which is how a graded schedule differs from a cliff.

Employer match vestingGraded: 33% at 1 yr, 67% at 2 yr, 100% at 3 yr
Your own contributionsImmediate: always 100% yours
Accelerated vesting100 percent vested in Company contributions regardless of years of service upon death while employed by the Company
Other employer contributionsAdditional annual contributions vest at the rate of 20% for each year of qualifying service
Vesting, word for word
Vesting – Matching contributions vest over a three year period at a rate of 33% after 1 year of service a participant completes, 67% after two years of service, and 100% after three years of service and additional annual contributions vest at the rate of 20% for each year of qualifying service. In addition, a participant will become 100% vested in Company contributions regardless of his or her years of service upon death while employed by the Company. A participant is always 100% vested in his or her pre-tax, Roth 401(k), traditional after-tax, rollover contributions from other plans and catch-up contributions, as well as any earnings thereon.

Source: Form 11-K filed June 5, 2026, SEC EDGAR · SEC

Who can join Bristol-Myers Squibb's 401(k), and is enrollment automatic?

Bristol-Myers Squibb enrolls new hires automatically at 6% of pay.

Plan entryAny United States employee who has completed one hour of service and is covered by a collective bargaining agreement that provides for participation in the Plan is eligible following their date of hire
Excluded groupsUnited States employees not covered by a collective bargaining agreement that provides for participation in the Plan
Automatic enrollmentYes: default deferral 6% of pay; default investment: T. Rowe Price Target Date Retirement Fund for the year closest to the year in which the participant would attain age 65
Eligibility, word for word
Employee Eligibility – In general, any United States employee who has completed one hour of service and is covered by a collective bargaining agreement that provides for participation in the Plan is eligible to participate following their date of hire.
Automatic enrollment, word for word
Participant Contributions – Participants can elect to contribute from 2% up to 75% of their eligible pay as pre-tax, Roth 401(k), traditional after-tax and/or catch-up contributions, subject to applicable rules under the Code. Of a participant's total contributions, only 25% can be traditional after-tax contributions. The definition of eligible compensation as stated in the Plan’s governing documents applies for the purposes of determining employee contributions and all Company contributions made on behalf of each eligible participant and generally includes base salary or wages, overtime and shift differentials, and bonuses. If an eligible employee does not enroll or opt out, automatic contributions begin starting with the first available payroll period after six months of employment measured from the employee’s date of hire. These automatic contributions are employee pre-tax contributions and are matched on the same terms as elected employee pre-tax contributions. Automatically enrolled participants have their deferral rate set at 6% of eligible compensation, excluding any bonus pay. The participant may change the contribution rate, including ceasing all elective contributions, and may elect pre-tax, Roth 401(k), traditional after-tax or a combination of these elective contributions at any time. In the absence of an affirmative investment direction from the participant, 100% of the automatic contribution will be invested in the qualified default investment alternative, which is currently the T. Rowe Price Target Date Retirement Fund for the year closest to the year in which the participant would attain age 65. The Plan also has an annual increase feature that allows participants to schedule an automatic increase in their pre-tax, Roth 401(k) and/or traditional after-tax contributions to the Plan of 1% to 3% annually, subject in all events to the Plan’s maximum deferral rate of 75%.

Source: Form 11-K filed June 5, 2026, SEC EDGAR · SEC

What does the Bristol-Myers Squibb plan report on Form 5500?

The Bristol-Myers Squibb plan reported $67.3M in assets and 283 participants for plan year 2024.

DOL Form 5500 filing for plan year 2024, EIN 220790350, plan 007.
Total plan assets$67,337,413
Participants283
RecordkeeperFidelity Workplace Services, LLC (Recordkeeper); Fidelity Management Trust Company (Directed Trustee Of The Bristol-Myers Squibb Savings Plans Master Trust)

How that cost compares

It is one of 942 plans in pharmaceuticals and chemicals in the Form 5500 data we publish.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company Employee Incentive Thrift Plan on its Form 5500 filing: fees, providers and financials

How does Bristol-Myers Squibb's 401(k) match compare?

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company's maximum 401(k) match of 6% of pay compares with a median of 4.5% across the 181 companies in our data with a computable formula.

Employers worth reading next

Of the six employers below, three file in pharmaceuticals and chemicals, two land near Bristol-Myers Squibb's maximum match and one vests on the same schedule.

Balchem

Maximum match 6% of pay. Also in pharmaceuticals and chemicals.

Cabot

Maximum match 6% of pay. Also in pharmaceuticals and chemicals.

AbbVie

Maximum match 6% of pay. Also in pharmaceuticals and chemicals.

Boston Scientific

Maximum match 6% of pay, level with Bristol-Myers Squibb.

Caterpillar

Maximum match 6% of pay, level with Bristol-Myers Squibb.

AECOM

Maximum match 3% of pay. Also fully vested after 3 years, like Bristol-Myers Squibb.

Compare Bristol-Myers Squibb Company with any company, side by side

What do Bristol-Myers Squibb's other 401(k) plans say?

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company Savings and Investment Program

The filing states no limit on who this plan covers

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company matches 100% of employee contributions up to 6% of eligible pay (plan year ended December 31, 2025).

Employer match vesting
Graded: 33% at 1 yr, 67% at 2 yr, 100% at 3 yr
Automatic enrollment
Yes: default deferral 6% of pay; 45-day opt-out window; default investment: T. Rowe Price Target Date Retirement Fund for the year closest to the year the participant would attain age 65 (QDIA)
What the filing says, word for word
The Company made a matching contribution equal to one dollar for each dollar of participant contributions not to exceed 6% of the participant’s eligible compensation. Effective January 1, 2026, the Company will make a matching contribution equal to one dollar of participant contributions not to exceed 7% of the participant's eligible compensation. A student debt matching Company contribution is also available to participants repaying student debt who are not making the full 6% employee contribution to the Program.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Puerto Rico, Inc. Savings and Investment Program

Employees in Puerto Rico

Bristol-Myers Squibb Puerto Rico, Inc. matches 100% of employee contributions up to 5% of eligible pay (plan year ended December 31, 2025).

Employer match vesting
Immediate: employer match is 100% vested when contributed
Automatic enrollment
Yes: default deferral 6% of pay; default investment: T. Rowe Price Target Date Retirement Fund for the year closest to the year in which the participant would attain age 65
What the filing says, word for word
The Program also allows for catch-up contributions for participants who are 50 years of age or older. Catch-up contributions are intended to give eligible participants the opportunity to make additional pre-tax contributions over the applicable U.S. Code, PR Code and Program limits, subject to applicable U.S. Code and PR Code limits and guidelines that apply to Catch-up contributions. There is no Company match on catch-up contributions. Employer Contributions – The Company makes a matching contribution equal to one dollar for each dollar of participant contributions not to exceed 5% of the participant’s eligible compensation.

What can you do next?

Check your own balance and contribution rate at Fidelity NetBenefits, the recordkeeper this plan reports.

Questions this filing answers

What is Bristol-Myers Squibb Company's 401(k) match?

Bristol Myers Squibb Co matches 100% of employee contributions up to 6% of eligible pay (plan year ended December 31, 2025).

When does the Bristol-Myers Squibb Company 401(k) match vest?

Graded: 33% at 1 yr, 67% at 2 yr, 100% at 3 yr.

Does Bristol-Myers Squibb Company's 401(k) plan have automatic enrollment?

Yes: default deferral 6% of pay; default investment: T. Rowe Price Target Date Retirement Fund for the year closest to the year in which the participant would attain age 65.

Cite: 401(k) Monitor, “Bristol-Myers Squibb Company 401(k) plan facts”, from SEC Form 11-K accession 0000014272-26-000015, plan year ended 2025-12-31.