Cleveland-Cliffs Steel 401(k) match, vesting and fees

Plan year 2024 filingCleveland-Cliffs Steel LLC Hourly 401(k) Plan · Plan 007 · EIN 71-0871875Updated Oct 2026

What Cleveland-Cliffs Steel's 401(k) plan says about matching contributions

The match terms have not been published from this plan's filing yet.
The plan year 2024 filing reports $8.7M in employer contributions, about $629 per participant. That total includes any match and profit-sharing; it is not a match formula. Plan year 2024 Form 5500 ↗
$120,470
Average account balance
15,095
Participants (end of year)
$1.7B
Plan assets (end of year)
<0.01%
Admin expenses ÷ assets

Plan features

Match, vesting and enrollment details have not been published from this plan's audit report yet. The figures below come from the structured filing.

RecordkeeperFidelity Inv Inst Op Co, LLCSchedule C ↗
Independent auditorMeaden & Moore, Ltd. (unmodified opinion, limited scope)Schedule H ↗
Plan type and status401(k) · ActiveForm 5500 ↗

How the plan compares

Plan year 2024 medians for 203 defined-contribution plans in manufacturing with 10,000 to 49,999 participants.

Cleveland-Cliffs Steel: employer contribution per participant$629
Peer median$3,733
Cleveland-Cliffs Steel: average balance$120,470
Peer median$157,962
Cleveland-Cliffs Steel: admin expenses ÷ assets<0.01%
Peer median0.05%

Admin expenses are the plan's reported administrative expenses divided by its assets; they do not include fund expense ratios.

Plan history

Plan assets went from $1.6B at the end of plan year 2021 to $1.7B at the end of plan year 2024.

$1.6B2021$1.3B2022$1.5B2023$1.7B2024
End-of-year figures from each plan year's Form 5500 filing for the Cleveland-Cliffs Steel plan.
Plan yearParticipantsAssetsEmployer contributionsPer participantAdmin expense ratioMatch formulaFiling
202415,095$1.7B$8.7M$629<0.01%Not publishedForm 5500 ↗
202315,316$1.5B$8.5M$6020.00%Not publishedForm 5500 ↗
202215,488$1.3B$6.2M$4410.00%Not publishedForm 5500 ↗
202114,598$1.6B$4.8M$3670.00%Not publishedForm 5500 ↗

Other Cleveland-Cliffs Steel plans (4)

Each plan files its own Form 5500. Figures are from each plan's latest filing.

Cleveland-Cliffs Steel LLC Savings and Investment Plan

Plan 005 · EIN 71-0871875 · plan year 2024 filing
$248,554
Average account balance
4,445
Participants (end of year)
$1.1B
Plan assets (end of year)
<0.01%
Admin expenses ÷ assets

Plan features

Match, vesting and enrollment details have not been published from this plan's audit report yet. The figures below come from the structured filing.

RecordkeeperFidelity Inv Inst Op Co, LLCSchedule C ↗
Independent auditorMeaden & Moore, Ltd. (unmodified opinion, limited scope)Schedule H ↗
Plan type and status401(k) · ActiveForm 5500 ↗

Cleveland-Cliffs Steel LLC Pension Plan

Plan 009 · EIN 71-0871875 · plan year 2024 filing
$190,441
Average account balance
10,492
Participants (end of year)
$2B
Plan assets (end of year)
0.71%
Admin expenses ÷ assets

Plan features

Match, vesting and enrollment details have not been published from this plan's audit report yet. The figures below come from the structured filing.

RecordkeeperBNY MellonSchedule C ↗
Independent auditorMeaden & Moore, Ltd. (unmodified opinion, limited scope)Schedule H ↗
Plan type and statusPension (defined benefit) · ActiveForm 5500 ↗

Arcelormittal USA LLC Egl Cleveland Pension Plan

Plan 004 · EIN 71-0871875 · plan year 2024 filing
$109,312
Average account balance
60
Participants (end of year)
$6.6M
Plan assets (end of year)
1.10%
Admin expenses ÷ assets

Plan features

Match, vesting and enrollment details have not been published from this plan's audit report yet. The figures below come from the structured filing.

Plan type and statusPension (defined benefit) · ActiveForm 5500 ↗

Retiree Pension Plan

Plan 010 · EIN 71-0871875 · plan year 2024 filing
$25,409
Average account balance
3,823
Participants (end of year)
$97.1M
Plan assets (end of year)
0.72%
Admin expenses ÷ assets

Plan features

Match, vesting and enrollment details have not been published from this plan's audit report yet. The figures below come from the structured filing.

RecordkeeperBNY MellonSchedule C ↗
Independent auditorMeaden & Moore Ltd. (unmodified opinion, limited scope)Schedule H ↗
Plan type and statusPension (defined benefit) · FrozenForm 5500 ↗

Common questions

Does Cleveland-Cliffs Steel match 401(k) contributions?

The match terms for the Cleveland-Cliffs Steel LLC Hourly 401(k) Plan have not been published from its filing yet. The plan year 2024 filing reports $8.7M in employer contributions, about $629 per participant. That total includes any match and profit-sharing; it is not a match formula.

When is the Cleveland-Cliffs Steel 401(k) match vested?

The vesting schedule for the Cleveland-Cliffs Steel LLC Hourly 401(k) Plan is not in the data published so far. Your Summary Plan Description states it.

Who manages the Cleveland-Cliffs Steel 401(k)?

The recordkeeper listed on Schedule C of the plan year 2024 filing is Fidelity Inv Inst Op Co, LLC. The plan administrator is Cleveland-Cliffs Steel LLC.

I left Cleveland-Cliffs Steel. How do I find my old 401(k)?

Your account stays in the plan until you move it. Contact the plan administrator (Cleveland-Cliffs Steel LLC, (312) 899-3081) or the recordkeeper, Fidelity Inv Inst Op Co, LLC. The Cleveland-Cliffs Steel old 401(k) page lists the contacts from every plan filing. Find an old Cleveland-Cliffs Steel 401(k)

Data from the public Form 5500 annual reports Cleveland-Cliffs Steel filed with the U.S. Department of Labor (plan years 2021 and 2022 and 2023 and 2024) and, where noted, the attached independent auditor's report. Plan terms may have changed since the filing; check your current Summary Plan Description. PlanFacts is not affiliated with Cleveland-Cliffs Steel. Not financial advice. Report a correction · Methodology