Dover Corporation 401(k) Review & Grade
Dover Corporation Retirement Savings Plan
Downers Grove, ILManufacturing12,006 active participantsPlan year 2024✓ Auto-enroll
Estimate from the plan's Form 5500 filing · How we grade
$4,042Employer $ per active participant
$6,274Employee $ saved per active participant
0.08%Direct admin cost, % of plan assets
$1.9BNet plan assets, end of year
$103,337Average balance per account
Score breakdown
- Employer generosity16.7 / 5033th percentile for employer $ per participant
- Low cost13.5 / 2554th percentile for low admin cost vs. same-size plans
- Employee saving4.9 / 1533th percentile for employee $ per participant
- Plan features10 / 10Auto-enrollment, Default investment
Total score45 / 100 · Grade C
This plan vs. peers
Peers: Manufacturing plans with 10,000+ active participants (151 plans).
| Measure | Percentile |
|---|---|
| Employer $ per participant | 33th |
| Lower admin cost | 54th |
| Employee saving | 33th |
| Peers that auto-enroll | 69% |
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Red flags from the filing
No red flags were reported on this filing's compliance questions.
What to do if you're in this plan
- Dover put in about $4,042 per active participant, below the typical peer ($5,480). Any match is still an instant return, so contribute enough to get all of it.
- The filing shows total dollars, not the match formula. Ask HR for the Summary Plan Description so you know the exact match and vesting schedule.
- Fund expense ratios aren't in the filing. Look them up in your 404(a)(5) fee disclosure and favor low-cost index or target-date funds.
- The plan auto-enrolls employees. Check your default contribution rate. Defaults are often lower than what it takes to get the full match.
- Changing jobs? You can usually leave the money in the plan, move it to your new employer's plan, or roll it into an IRA. Don't cash out: you'd owe taxes and possibly a 10% penalty.
The raw numbers from the filing
| Employer contributions | $48,530,492 |
| Participant (employee) contributions | $75,326,933 |
| Other contributions (incl. rollovers in) | $14,695,142 |
| Administrative expenses paid from the plan | $1,419,293 |
| Benefits paid out | $257,660,255 |
| Net assets, start / end of year | $1.7B / $1.9B |
| Active participants, start / end of year | 12,761 / 11,251 |
| Participants with account balances | 18,009 |
| Auto-enrollment (feature code 2S) | Yes |
| Auditor | Insero & Co |
| Employer stock held by plan | $415,559,993 |
Largest service providers (Schedule C)
| Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner and S | $1,129,837 reported compensation |
| Willis Towers Watson US LLC | $216,676 reported compensation |
| Insero & Co | $48,500 reported compensation |
Source: DOL EFAST2 Form 5500 filing, acknowledgment ID 20250917123504NAL0000359441001, received 2025-09-17, EIN 53-0257888, plan #030, plan year 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31. Verify at efast.dol.gov.