CVS Health 401(k) match, vesting and fees
What CVS Health's 401(k) plan says about matching contributions
The Plan provides a match of 100% up to 5% of an employee’s eligible compensation contributed to the Plan per payroll. The maximum annual match per participant was $16,500 for 2023 and $15,250 for 2022.
Quoted directly from the filing. Plan terms may have changed; check your current Summary Plan Description.
Plan features
Indented passages are quoted word for word from the audit report; plan terms may have changed since, so check your current Summary Plan Description.
| Employer match | Quoted from the filing above | 2023 audit report, p. 36 ↗ |
| Match vesting | Participants are 100% vested at all times in participant and Company matching contributions. Participants are always fully vested in and have a non-forfeitable right to (1) their accounts upon retirement, death or disability, (2) any elective deferrals described in Note 1(c) and (3) any rollover amounts they make to the Plan. | 2023 audit report, p. 37 ↗ |
| Roth contributions | Participants may direct the Company to contribute 401(k) and/or Roth contributions (“elective deferrals”) to their accounts as a percentage of their eligible compensation as defined in the Plan. | 2023 audit report, p. 36 ↗ |
| Loans | Participants may obtain loans from the Plan utilizing funds accumulated in their accounts. The minimum amount that may be borrowed is $1,000. Participants can borrow up to 50% of their vested account balance but not more than $50,000, less their highest outstanding loan balance during the previous twelve months. The loans are repaid to the Plan through after-tax payroll deductions and direct repayments to the Recordkeeper. The term of the loan is selected at the discretion of the participant, but may not exceed five years for a general loan and twenty-five years for a primary residence loan, except that primary residence loans initiated under the former CareSave plan, which merged into the Plan as of December 31, 2012, were permitted to have a maximum loan repayment period of up to ten years only. Participants may have two loans outstanding at any time, but no more than one primary residence loan. Interest on loans is equal to the Prime Rate as of the prior month-end plus 1%. Certain loans made under CARES Act loans rules may exceed these limits. | 2023 audit report, p. 41 ↗ |
| Recordkeeper | The Vanguard Group, Inc. | 2024 Schedule C ↗ |
| Independent auditor | Ernst & Young LLP (unmodified opinion) | 2024 Schedule H ↗ |
| Plan type and status | 401(k) · Active | 2024 Form 5500 ↗ |
Match, vesting and other plan features are from the plan year 2023 filing's audit report (the latest one extracted so far). Rows cited to the Form 5500 and its schedules are from the plan year 2024 filing.
How the plan compares
Plan year 2024 medians for 22 defined-contribution plans in retail trade with 50,000 or more participants.
| CVS Health: employer contribution per participant | $2,421 | |
| Peer median | $1,179 |
| CVS Health: average balance | $130,345 | |
| Peer median | $58,043 |
| CVS Health: admin expenses ÷ assets | 0.15% | |
| Peer median | 0.09% |
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 $28.7B at the end of plan year 2021 to $30.1B at the end of plan year 2024.
| Plan year | Participants | Assets | Employer contributions | Per participant | Admin expense ratio | Match formula | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 385,927 | $30.1B | $558M | $2,421 | 0.15% | Not published | Form 5500 ↗ |
| 2023 | 307,068 | $27.6B | $566M | $2,530 | 0.16% | Quoted in the audit report, p. 36 ↗ | Form 5500 ↗ |
| 2022 | 329,809 | $24.2B | $540M | $2,418 | 0.14% | Not published | Form 5500 ↗ |
| 2021 | 331,674 | $28.7B | $541M | $2,543 | 0.15% | Not published | Form 5500 ↗ |
Other CVS Health plans (1)
Each plan files its own Form 5500. Figures are from each plan's latest filing.
CVS Health Puerto Rico Savings Plan
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.
| Recordkeeper | The Vanguard Group, Inc. | Schedule C ↗ |
| Independent auditor | Moss Adams, LLP (unmodified opinion, limited scope) | Schedule H ↗ |
| Plan type and status | Profit-sharing · Active | Form 5500 ↗ |
Common questions
Does CVS Health match 401(k) contributions?
The audit report attached to the CVS Health Future Fund 401(k) Plan's plan year 2023 Form 5500, page 36 says: “The Plan provides a match of 100% up to 5% of an employee’s eligible compensation contributed to the Plan per payroll. The maximum annual match per participant was $16,500 for 2023 and $15,250 for 2022.” Plan terms may have changed; check your current Summary Plan Description.
When is the CVS Health 401(k) match vested?
The audit report attached to the plan year 2023 Form 5500, page 37 says: “Participants are 100% vested at all times in participant and Company matching contributions. Participants are always fully vested in and have a non-forfeitable right to (1) their accounts upon retirement, death or disability, (2) any elective deferrals described in Note 1(c) and (3) any rollover amounts they make to the Plan.”
Who manages the CVS Health 401(k)?
The recordkeeper listed on Schedule C of the plan year 2024 filing is The Vanguard Group, Inc.. The plan administrator is CVS Health Corporation.
I left CVS Health. How do I find my old 401(k)?
Your account stays in the plan until you move it. Contact the plan administrator (CVS Health Corporation, (888) 694-7287) or the recordkeeper, The Vanguard Group, Inc.. The CVS Health old 401(k) page lists the contacts from every plan filing. Find an old CVS Health 401(k)
Data from the public Form 5500 annual reports CVS Health 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 CVS Health. Not financial advice. Report a correction · Methodology