Halliburton Company 401(k) Review & Grade
Halliburton Retirement and Savings Plan
Houston, TXMining, Oil & Gas15,082 active participantsPlan year 2024✓ Auto-enroll
Estimate from the plan's Form 5500 filing · How we grade
$7,190Employer $ per active participant
$10,822Employee $ saved per active participant
0.04%Direct admin cost, % of plan assets
$4.5BNet plan assets, end of year
$185,933Average balance per account
Score breakdown
- Employer generosity43.5 / 5087th percentile for employer $ per participant
- Low cost19.6 / 2578th percentile for low admin cost vs. same-size plans
- Employee saving12.5 / 1583th percentile for employee $ per participant
- Plan features10 / 10Auto-enrollment, Default investment
- Red-flag deductions-3 pts1 issue reported on the filing
Total score83 / 100 · Grade A
This plan vs. peers
Peers: all industries, plans with 10,000+ active participants (fewer than 30 industry peers) (820 plans).
| Measure | Percentile |
|---|---|
| Employer $ per participant | 87th |
| Lower admin cost | 78th |
| Employee saving | 83th |
| Peers that auto-enroll | 50% |
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Red flags from the filing
Corrective distributions: the plan refunded $251,000 in contributions, which usually means it failed annual nondiscrimination testing.
What to do if you're in this plan
- Halliburton put in about $7,190 per active participant, more than the typical peer ($2,229). Contribute at least enough to collect the full match. Skipping it leaves part of your pay on the table.
- 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 | $108,441,000 |
| Participant (employee) contributions | $163,227,000 |
| Other contributions (incl. rollovers in) | $6,173,000 |
| Administrative expenses paid from the plan | $1,690,000 |
| Contract administrator fees | $308,000 |
| Benefits paid out | $487,826,000 |
| Net assets, start / end of year | $4.2B / $4.5B |
| Active participants, start / end of year | 15,306 / 14,859 |
| Participants with account balances | 24,396 |
| Auto-enrollment (feature code 2S) | Yes |
| Auditor | Weaver and Tidwell, LLP |
Largest service providers (Schedule C)
| Fidelity Investments Institutional | $1,169,951 reported compensation |
| Mercer Investment Consulting, Inc. | $293,053 reported compensation |
| Fidelity Investments Institutional | $169,525 reported compensation |
Source: DOL EFAST2 Form 5500 filing, acknowledgment ID 20250908101304NAL0032529184001, received 2025-09-08, EIN 75-2677995, plan #001, plan year 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31. Verify at efast.dol.gov.