Department of Labor filing

BURLINGTON NORTHERN SANTA FE, LLC

BURLINGTON NORTHERN SANTA FE INVESTMENT AND RETIREMENT PLAN · For the plan year ended Dec 31, 2024

Public filing 2024 · received Oct 13, 2025Verified current terms Not available

Plan at a glance

How good does the filing look?

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out of 100

The filing signals stronger employer support and/or lower plan-paid administrative costs than many comparable plans. This is a filing comparison, not a complete benefits score.

$Employer support

$8,285

Reported employer contributions per active participant.

Higher than about 90% of comparable plans

#People in the filing

6,015

Active participants reported for 2024.

The filing does not say how many employees are currently contributing.

¢Visible plan-paid fees

$1 / participant

Reported administrative expense—not every fee an employee may pay.

Lower cost than about 100% of comparable plans

↗Investment performance

Not available

Plan assets changed 11.4%, but that includes contributions, withdrawals, and market movement.

Asset change is not investment performance.

What we still need to judge the benefit

Current match formula, vesting, eligibility, investment choices, fund expense ratios, and employee-level fees.

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Filing comparison · 202493out of 100 among similar-size plans in the same industry when enough peers exist

How this filing compares

Reported employer contributions90th percentileTypical peer $3,577 · based on 107 comparable plans

Lower reported administrative expense100th percentileTypical peer $73 · based on 101 comparable plans

This comparison uses historical filing figures. It does not compare current match formulas, vesting, investments, or employee fees.

The short version

What the latest filing tells us

For the plan year ended Dec 31, 2024, BURLINGTON NORTHERN SANTA FE, LLC reported $49,835,520 in employer contributions across the plan and 6,015 active participants. That works out to $8,285 per active participant. It is useful context, but it is not the current match formula and it does not show what any one employee received.

Participation proxy70%

Active participants divided by all end-of-year plan participants. This is not the company participation rate because the filing does not report every eligible employee.

Employer money trendUp 23.0%

Change in reported employer contribution per active participant across the filing history shown.

Expense trendDown 75.4%

Change in reported administrative expense per participant. Investment expenses may not be included.

Peer context93/100

A filing comparison among similar-size plans in the same industry when enough peers exist.

Where the public filing stops

Current match, vesting, eligibility, employee fees, and investment choices require a dated plan document. Until we have one, those details stay blank.

Latest financial record

Contributions, assets, and expenses

These figures are reported totals for the plan—not individual account balances or promises to any employee.

Employer contributions: $49,835,520
Participant contributions: $59,911,093
Other contributions: $19,783,129
Employer share of reported contributions: 45.4%
Beginning assets: $2,282,763,757
Ending assets: $2,543,965,706
Ending net assets: $2,543,684,504
Ending liabilities: $281,202
Total income: $481,423,329
Total expenses: $217,139,524
Administrative expenses: $11,500
Participant loans: $29,694,808

Three-year filing history

How the reported figures changed

Each chart uses its own scale and starts at zero. When the filing has no value, the chart says so rather than turning it into a zero.

Employer contributions reported per active participant

2022

$6,734

2023

$7,771

2024

$8,285

Plan-paid administrative expenses per participant

2022

2023

2024

Active participants

2022

6,551

2023

6,424

2024

6,015

Detailed filing history
Plan year	Per active participant	Active participants	Plan assets	Filing ID
2024	$8,285	6,015	2.5B	20251013105550NAL0000511907001
2023	$7,771	6,424	2.3B	20241010093816NAL0011340723001
2022	$6,734	6,551	2B	20230915105000NAL0017258099001

Changes in plan assets are not the same as investment performance. Each row uses the selected public filing for that year.

Plan operations

Details worth knowing

Participant loans as a share of plan assets: 1.2%
Independent accountant’s opinion: Unqualified opinion Code 1
Late participant contributions reported: Not stated in the filing
Public plan identifier: 271754839-002

Reported plan details

Identity and filing status

Plan type: Retirement plan
Employer arrangement: Single-employer plan
Plan effective date: Jan 1, 1997
Industry: Management of companies
Amended filing: No
Final filing for this plan: No
Short plan year: No
401(k) feature reported: Yes
Show DOL characteristic codes
2E2F2G2I2J2K2O2T3F3H

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