DONALDSON Co INC 401(k) match: 4% max
Donaldson Company, Inc. Retirement Savings and Employee Stock Ownership Plan · DCI · CIK 29644
Fidelity Investments is the recordkeeper named on the Form 5500 filed for this plan, the company that keeps the account records. Where to log in, and what the filing says.
Matched to this employer by sponsor name, not by an identifier stated in the filing.
Maximum employer match, as a share of pay
4%
DONALDSON Co INC matches 100% (dollar-for-dollar) of the first 3% of pay, then 50% of the next 2% of pay, for a maximum employer match of 4% of pay.
From the Form 11-K filed June 18, 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: what the employer actually paid in · the formula, word for word · when the money becomes yours · who can join · who holds your account · what the plan reports to the DOL · how it compares · what to do next
What DONALDSON puts in, and what the plan costs
What DONALDSON put into the plan, per active participant
$5,106
DONALDSON Co INC put $5,106 into this plan for each of its 4,348 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.
DONALDSON put in more per active participant than 71% of plans with 5,000+ participants in industrial and materials manufacturing. The middle plan in that group of 178 reported $3,585. Industrial and materials manufacturing comes from business code 333900, which DONALDSON 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.
Matched to this employer by sponsor name, not by an identifier stated in the filing. This record could cover another plan of the same employer.
What this figure cannot separate: how much DONALDSON 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 410222640, plan 007 · DOL EFAST2 ↗
The $5,106 above is the Form 5500 figure for plan year 2024, and it counts every employer dollar on one line. DONALDSON Co INC also files a Form 11-K, which states the match formula for plan year 2025: the card below reads $1,980 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 DONALDSON puts in
$1,980
a year, at a $49,500 salary.
The match paragraph, word for word
“100% of the first 3% and 50% of the next 2% of compensation contributed by the participant”
What you contribute to collect all of it
Contribute at least 5% of your pay to collect the full match.
That is $2,475 a year at a $49,500 salary, and it scales with your own.
Vesting score
100 out of 100
How fast the employer’s money becomes yours. Higher than 48% of the 369 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.
Share of the employer's money that is the worker's at hire and at each of the first 6 anniversaries: 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%. The score is the average of those 7 readings.
Vesting, word for word
“Participants are 100% vested in their accounts at all times.”
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.
What the plan costs, against plans of its size
82nd percentile
$96.93 per participant in plan-paid administrative cost, more expensive than 82% of plans with 5,000+ participants.
What is DONALDSON's 401(k) match formula?
DONALDSON's 401(k) employer match tops out at 4% of pay. The match is deposited each payroll. A tiered formula pays its best rate on the first slice of pay and less on the next, which is how the rate steps down.
| Match formula | 100% (dollar-for-dollar) of the first 3% of pay |
|---|---|
| then | 50% of the next 2% of pay |
| Maximum employer match | 4% of compensation |
| Deposited | Each payroll |
| Paid in company stock | Yes |
| Other employer contribution | All eligible participants as defined by the Plan receive an additional annual retirement contribution of 3% of participant’s compensation, paid after Plan year-end, 100% in the participant's directed investment elections, subject to 3 years of vesting service. |
At a $45,000 salary, contributing 5% ($2,250) earns the full employer match of $1,800 for the year.
What the filing says, word for word
“100% of the first 3% and 50% of the next 2% of compensation contributed by the participant”
Source: Form 11-K filed June 18, 2026, SEC EDGAR, corroborated by the filing's inline-XBRL facts · SEC ↗
What is DONALDSON's 401(k) vesting schedule?
DONALDSON vests the employer match immediately: 100% is yours as soon as it is paid in. Nothing is forfeited when you leave, which is not true of the two schedules that vest over time.
| Employer match vesting | Immediate: employer match is 100% vested when contributed |
|---|---|
| Your own contributions | Immediate: always 100% yours |
| Other employer contributions | 3 years of vesting service |
Vesting, word for word
“Participants are 100% vested in their accounts at all times.”
Source: Form 11-K filed June 18, 2026, SEC EDGAR · SEC ↗
Who can join DONALDSON's 401(k), and is enrollment automatic?
DONALDSON enrolls new hires automatically at 3% of pay.
| Plan entry | Full-time and part-time employees are eligible to participate in the Plan upon employment, as defined by the Plan. |
|---|---|
| Excluded groups | Employees covered by a labor agreement are not eligible for employer contributions unless their labor agreement and the Plan provide for it. As of January 1, 2024, all employees covered by labor agreements are eligible for employer contributions. |
| Automatic enrollment | Yes: default deferral 3% of pay; 45-day opt-out window; default investment: State Street Target Retirement Fund |
Eligibility, word for word
“Full-time and part-time employees are eligible to participate in the Plan upon employment, as defined by the Plan.”
Automatic enrollment, word for word
“Employees who are not covered by a collective bargaining agreement are automatically enrolled at a 3% pre-tax 401(k) employee contribution 45 days after they become eligible unless they proactively opt out of the Plan or choose a different percentage amount for their contribution.”
Source: Form 11-K filed June 18, 2026, SEC EDGAR · SEC ↗
Who holds your account
Schedule C of the Form 5500 filed for plan year 2024 reports Fidelity Investments, filed as “FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL”. That is the company paid to keep the account records: what is in an account, what went into it, and usually the site a participant signs in to. The trustee that holds the plan’s assets can be a different company, and this filing does not name it.
Matched to this employer by sponsor name, not by an identifier stated in the filing. This record could cover another plan of the same employer.
10,593 plans on file name Fidelity Investments as their recordkeeper. Of those, the 10,022 with a computable fee have a median plan-paid cost of $97.71 per participant.
Participants log in at Fidelity NetBenefits ↗. 401(k) Monitor is not affiliated with Fidelity Investments or with any other recordkeeper, and takes nothing for this link. It is here because that is where the account is.
| Recordkeeper | Fidelity Investments |
|---|---|
| Recordkeeper EIN | 042647786 |
What does the DONALDSON plan report on Form 5500?
The DONALDSON plan reported $827.0M in assets and 5,839 participants for plan year 2024.
Matched to this employer by sponsor name, not by an identifier stated in the filing. This record could cover another plan of the same employer.
| Plan named in the DOL record | Donaldson Company, Inc. Retirement Savings And Employee Stock Ownership Plan |
|---|---|
| Total plan assets | $827,000,720 |
| Participants | 5,839 |
| Plan-paid admin cost per participant | $96.93 |
How that cost compares
This plan pays $96.93 per participant. The median across plans in industrial and materials manufacturing is $142.19, from the 5,709 of 6,008 whose Form 5500 yields a per-participant cost.
Read from the Form 5500 filing of Donaldson Company, Inc. Retirement Savings And Employee Stock Ownership Plan, which has no page of its own here.
How does DONALDSON's 401(k) match compare?
DONALDSON Co INC's maximum 401(k) match of 4% of pay compares with a median of 4% across the 269 companies in our data with a computable formula.
Employers worth reading next
Of the six employers below, three file in industrial and materials manufacturing, two report the same recordkeeper and one vests on the same schedule.
Maximum match 4% of pay. Also in industrial and materials manufacturing.
Maximum match 4% of pay. Also in industrial and materials manufacturing.
Maximum match 3.5% of pay. Also in industrial and materials manufacturing.
Maximum match 4% of pay. Same recordkeeper, Fidelity Investments.
Maximum match 4% of pay. Same recordkeeper, Fidelity Investments.
Maximum match 4% of pay. Vests immediately too, like DONALDSON.
What can you do next?
- Read the Form 11-K on SEC EDGAR ↗
Form 11-K filed June 18, 2026, SEC EDGAR. Every match fact on this page comes from it.
- Changed jobs? Find an old 401(k) ↗
The Department of Labor's Retirement Savings Lost & Found, a free government database.
- This year's IRS contribution limits ↗
The official deferral and catch-up limits every formula operates under.
Questions this filing answers
What is DONALDSON Co INC's 401(k) match?
DONALDSON Co INC matches 100% (dollar-for-dollar) of the first 3% of pay, then 50% of the next 2% of pay, for a maximum employer match of 4% of compensation (plan year ended December 31, 2025).
When does the DONALDSON Co INC 401(k) match vest?
Immediate: employer match is 100% vested when contributed.
Does DONALDSON Co INC's 401(k) plan have automatic enrollment?
Yes: default deferral 3% of pay; 45-day opt-out window; default investment: State Street Target Retirement Fund.
Who is the recordkeeper for DONALDSON Co INC's 401(k)?
Fidelity Investments is named as the recordkeeper on the Form 5500 filed for Donaldson Company, Inc. Retirement Savings And Employee Stock Ownership Plan for plan year 2024. That is the company paid to keep the account records: what is in an account, what went into it, and usually the site a participant signs in to. Matched to this employer by sponsor name, not by an identifier stated in the filing. This record could cover another plan of the same employer.
Source
The match formula, the vesting schedule and the enrollment rules on this page were read from one document: the Form 11-K annual report that DONALDSON Co INC filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission for the plan year ended December 31, 2025. Each of those fields carries the filing sentence it was read from, expandable where the field appears. Nothing on this page was supplied by the employer to this site.
The plan assets, the participant counts, the plan-paid fees and the recordkeeper come from a different document, the plan’s DOL Form 5500 annual return, and the section that reports them links it. Comparisons with other employers are computed across the filings named in the section they appear in.
Read the filing on SEC EDGAR ↗
| Document | Form 11-K annual report |
|---|---|
| Filed with | US Securities and Exchange Commission (EDGAR) |
| Filed by | DONALDSON Co INC |
| SEC CIK | 29644 |
| Accession number | 0000029644-26-000057 |
| Plan | Donaldson Company, Inc. Retirement Savings and Employee Stock Ownership Plan |
| Period of report | December 31, 2025 |
| Filed | June 18, 2026 |
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401(k) Monitor, “DONALDSON Co INC 401(k) plan facts”, from SEC Form 11-K accession 0000029644-26-000057, plan year ended December 31, 2025.
