DuPont de Nemours, Inc. 401(k) match: 6% max
DuPont Retirement Savings Plan · DD · CIK 1666700
Maximum employer match, as a share of pay
6%
DuPont de Nemours, Inc. matches 100% (dollar-for-dollar) of the first 6% of pay.
From the Form 11-K filed June 12, 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 · what the plan reports to the DOL · how it compares · what to do next
What DuPont de Nemours puts in, and what the plan costs
What DuPont de Nemours put into the plan, per active participant
$9,932
DuPont de Nemours, Inc. put $9,932 into this plan for each of its 8,970 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.
DuPont de Nemours put in more per active participant than 94% of plans with 5,000+ participants in medical devices and other manufacturing. The middle plan in that group of 81 reported $4,432. Medical devices and other manufacturing comes from business code 339900, which DuPont de Nemours 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 DuPont de Nemours 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 811224539, plan 001 · DOL EFAST2 ↗
The $9,932 above is the Form 5500 figure for plan year 2024, and it counts every employer dollar on one line. DuPont de Nemours, Inc. 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 DuPont de Nemours puts in
$2,970
a year, at a $49,500 salary.
The match paragraph, word for word
“The Company makes a matching contribution equal to 100% of a participant’s contribution, up to 6% of eligible compensation. In addition, the Company makes a contribution (“Retirement Savings Contribution”) to each eligible employee account, currently equal to 3% of eligible pay, regardless of the employee’s contribution election.”
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
100 out of 100
How fast the employer’s money becomes yours. Higher than 48% 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.
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
“Participant contributions and the Company’s matching contributions are fully and immediately vested. Retirement Savings Contributions are fully vested after any of the following circumstances: •The participant has completed at least three years of service with the Company, including years of service under predecessor plans; •The participant reaches age 65 while working for the Company; •The participant terminates employment with the Company due to becoming totally disabled while working for the Company; •The participant’s job with the Company is eliminated; •The participant’s spouse is transferred by the Company to an employment location outside the immediate geographic area while the participant is working for the Company, and the participant terminates employment with the Company; •The participant dies while actively employed by the Company.”
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
46th percentile
$51.27 per participant in plan-paid administrative cost, cheaper than 54% of plans with 5,000+ participants.
What is DuPont de Nemours' 401(k) match formula?
DuPont de Nemours' 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 formula | 100% (dollar-for-dollar) of the first 6% of pay |
|---|---|
| Maximum employer match | 6% of compensation |
| Other employer contribution | Retirement Savings Contribution to each eligible employee account, currently equal to 3% of eligible pay, regardless of the employee's contribution election |
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 Company makes a matching contribution equal to 100% of a participant’s contribution, up to 6% of eligible compensation. In addition, the Company makes a contribution (“Retirement Savings Contribution”) to each eligible employee account, currently equal to 3% of eligible pay, regardless of the employee’s contribution election.”
Source: Form 11-K filed June 12, 2026, SEC EDGAR, corroborated by the filing's inline-XBRL facts · SEC ↗
What is DuPont de Nemours' 401(k) vesting schedule?
DuPont de Nemours 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 | Retirement Savings Contributions vest fully after three years of service (including service under predecessor plans), or upon reaching age 65 while working for the Company, total disability, job elimination, termination following a Company-initiated spouse relocation, or death while actively employed. Balances merged from prior plans continue to vest under the previous plans' schedules |
Vesting, word for word
“Participant contributions and the Company’s matching contributions are fully and immediately vested. Retirement Savings Contributions are fully vested after any of the following circumstances: •The participant has completed at least three years of service with the Company, including years of service under predecessor plans; •The participant reaches age 65 while working for the Company; •The participant terminates employment with the Company due to becoming totally disabled while working for the Company; •The participant’s job with the Company is eliminated; •The participant’s spouse is transferred by the Company to an employment location outside the immediate geographic area while the participant is working for the Company, and the participant terminates employment with the Company; •The participant dies while actively employed by the Company.”
Source: Form 11-K filed June 12, 2026, SEC EDGAR · SEC ↗
Who can join DuPont de Nemours' 401(k), and is enrollment automatic?
DuPont de Nemours enrolls new hires automatically at 6% of pay, rising 1% a year to 15% of pay.
| Plan entry | All employees of the Company or the Company's subsidiaries and general partnerships that have adopted the Plan, including temporary employees |
|---|---|
| Excluded groups | Represented employees in a bargaining unit that has not accepted the terms of the Plan, leased employees and independent contractors; individuals receiving severance pay, retainer, or other fees under contract are not eligible with respect to such compensation |
| Automatic enrollment | Yes: default deferral 6% of pay; 60-day opt-out window; auto-escalation +1%/yr to 15%; default investment: Managed account feature offered by Bank of America |
Eligibility, word for word
“All employees of the Company or the Company’s subsidiaries and general partnerships that have adopted the Plan are eligible to participate in this Plan, except represented employees in a bargaining unit that has not accepted the terms of this Plan and individuals who are classified by the Company as leased employees and independent contractors. Individuals who are receiving severance pay, retainer, or other fees under contract are not eligible to elect or receive contributions in the Plan with respect to such compensation. Temporary employees are eligible to participate in the Plan.”
Automatic enrollment, word for word
“Participants are automatically enrolled in the Plan at a 6% before-tax savings rate and increased 1% annually, up to a maximum of 15% of pay, if no action is taken by the employee within 60 days from the date of hire. Under automatic enrollment the participant assets are invested in accordance with a managed account feature offered by Bank of America.”
Source: Form 11-K filed June 12, 2026, SEC EDGAR · SEC ↗
What does the DuPont de Nemours plan report on Form 5500?
The DuPont de Nemours plan reported $3.4B in assets and 13,884 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 | Dupont Retirement Savings Plan |
|---|---|
| Total plan assets | $3,411,317,052 |
| Participants | 13,884 |
| Recordkeeper | Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & S |
| Plan-paid admin cost per participant | $51.27 |
How that cost compares
This plan pays $51.27 per participant. The median across plans in medical devices and other manufacturing is $125.72, from the 1,386 of 1,455 whose Form 5500 yields a per-participant cost.
Dupont Retirement Savings Plan on its Form 5500 filing: fees, providers and financials
How does DuPont de Nemours' 401(k) match compare?
DuPont de Nemours, Inc.'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 medical devices and other manufacturing, two land near DuPont de Nemours' maximum match and one vests on the same schedule.
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Maximum match 5% of pay. Also in medical devices and other manufacturing.
Maximum match 6% of pay, level with DuPont de Nemours.
Maximum match 6% of pay, level with DuPont de Nemours.
Maximum match 3% of pay. Vests immediately too, like DuPont de Nemours.
Compare DuPont de Nemours, Inc. with any company, side by side
What can you do next?
Check your own balance and contribution rate at Merrill Benefits OnLine ↗, the recordkeeper this plan reports.
- Read the Form 11-K on SEC EDGAR ↗
Form 11-K filed June 12, 2026, SEC EDGAR. Every match fact on this page comes from it.
- Changed jobs? Find an old 401(k) ↗
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- This year's IRS contribution limits ↗
The official deferral and catch-up limits every formula operates under.
- Download this data (CSV)
Formula, vesting and source references for this company, one file.
Questions this filing answers
What is DuPont de Nemours, Inc.'s 401(k) match?
DuPont de Nemours, Inc. matches 100% of employee contributions up to 6% of eligible pay (plan year ended December 31, 2025).
When does the DuPont de Nemours, Inc. 401(k) match vest?
Immediate: employer match is 100% vested when contributed.
Does DuPont de Nemours, Inc.'s 401(k) plan have automatic enrollment?
Yes: default deferral 6% of pay; 60-day opt-out window; auto-escalation +1%/yr to 15%; default investment: Managed account feature offered by Bank of America.
Cite: 401(k) Monitor, “DuPont de Nemours, Inc. 401(k) plan facts”, from SEC Form 11-K accession 0001666700-26-000041, plan year ended 2025-12-31.