eBay 401(k) match, vesting and fees

Plan year 2024 filingEbay Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan · Plan 001 · EIN 77-0430924Updated Oct 2026

What eBay's 401(k) plan says about matching contributions

Employer safe harbor – The Company also makes safe harbor contributions equal to 100% of the participant’s elective deferral contribution, not in excess of 4% of eligible compensation, regardless of the employee’s hours of service or employment on the last day of the Plan year. The safe harbor contribution for the year ended December 31, 2024, was $48,537,053.
From the independent auditor's report attached to the plan year 2024 Form 5500, page 31. Open page 31 of the filing (PDF) ↗

Quoted directly from the filing. Plan terms may have changed; check your current Summary Plan Description.

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$160,098
Average account balance
12,452
Participants (end of year)
$2B
Plan assets (end of year)
0.01%
Admin expenses ÷ assets

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 matchQuoted from the filing aboveAudit report, p. 31 ↗
Match vesting
Vesting – Participants are vested immediately in their contributions plus actual earnings thereon, including employer safe harbor contributions.
Audit report, p. 31 ↗
Automatic enrollment
The Plan includes an auto-enrollment provision whereby all newly eligible employees are automatically enrolled in the Plan, on the 90th day following the participants entry date, unless they affirmatively elect not to participate in the Plan. Automatically enrolled participants have their deferral rate set at 4% of eligible compensation and their contributions invested in a designated fund until elected otherwise by the participant.
Audit report, p. 31 ↗
Loans
Notes receivable from participants – Participants may borrow from their accounts a minimum of $1,000 up to a maximum equal to the lesser of $50,000 or 50% of their vested account balance. The loans are issued by the Plan and secured by the balance in the participant’s account. All loans must be repaid within a period of five years, unless the loan is used to purchase a principal residence, in which case, the loan must be repaid within a reasonable period of time not to exceed ten years. Under the terms of the Plan Agreement, plan loans will bear a reasonable rate of interest determined by the Administrative Committee. Principal and interest are paid ratably through monthly payroll deductions. As of December 31, 2024, the rates of interest on outstanding loans ranged from 3.25% to 9.25%, with various maturities through December 2034.
Audit report, p. 32 ↗
RecordkeeperFidelity Investments InstitutionalSchedule C ↗
Independent auditorBaker Tilly US, LLP (unmodified opinion, limited scope)Schedule H ↗
Plan type and status401(k) · ActiveForm 5500 ↗

All rows are from the plan year 2024 filing; plan features from its audit report.

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How the plan compares

Plan year 2024 medians for 87 defined-contribution plans in retail trade with 10,000 to 49,999 participants.

eBay: employer contribution per participant$3,949
Peer median$1,215
eBay: average balance$160,098
Peer median$48,539
eBay: admin expenses ÷ assets0.01%
Peer median0.12%

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 $1.7B at the end of plan year 2023 to $2B at the end of plan year 2024.

$1.7B2023$2B2024
End-of-year figures from each plan year's Form 5500 filing for the eBay plan.
Plan yearParticipantsAssetsEmployer contributionsPer participantAdmin expense ratioMatch formulaFiling
202412,452$2B$48.5M$3,9490.01%Quoted in the audit report, p. 31 ↗Form 5500 ↗
202312,850$1.7B$44M$3,4700.02%Not publishedForm 5500 ↗

Common questions

Does eBay match 401(k) contributions?

The audit report attached to the Ebay Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan's plan year 2024 Form 5500, page 31 says: “Employer safe harbor – The Company also makes safe harbor contributions equal to 100% of the participant’s elective deferral contribution, not in excess of 4% of eligible compensation, regardless of the employee’s hours of service or employment on the last day of the Plan year. The safe harbor contribution for the year ended December 31, 2024, was $48,537,053.” Plan terms may have changed; check your current Summary Plan Description.

When is the eBay 401(k) match vested?

The audit report attached to the plan year 2024 Form 5500, page 31 says: “Vesting – Participants are vested immediately in their contributions plus actual earnings thereon, including employer safe harbor contributions.”

Who manages the eBay 401(k)?

The recordkeeper listed on Schedule C of the plan year 2024 filing is Fidelity Investments Institutional. The plan administrator is Ebay Inc..

I left eBay. How do I find my old 401(k)?

Your account stays in the plan until you move it. Contact the plan administrator (Ebay Inc., (408) 376-7400) or the recordkeeper, Fidelity Investments Institutional. The eBay old 401(k) page lists the contacts from every plan filing. Find an old eBay 401(k)

Data from the public Form 5500 annual reports eBay filed with the U.S. Department of Labor (plan years 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 eBay. Not financial advice. Report a correction · Methodology