Aera Energy Services Company401(k)
AERA ENERGY SERVICES COMPANY SAVINGS PLAN · BAKERSFIELD, CA · plan year 2023
Peer grade: B+ · admin costs + employer contributions vs same-size plans · how grading works
Aera Energy Services Company reported $406,318 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.09% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $14,931 per active participant. This ratio covers administrative expenses reported on the plan's Schedule H only; fund-level expense ratios are not included in public structured data — see methodology.
Across the 1 year on file its reported administrative ratio rose from 0.07% to 0.09%. The plan sits in the $250M–$1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 2,601 comparable plans and shown alongside other mining, oil & gas extraction employers. By assets it is the 280th-largest of 9,483 plans among California employers on file, and the 34th of 612 in mining, oil & gas extraction. In 2023, employees put in $1.35 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 948 to 840 since 2022.
Aera Energy Services Company's 2023 employer contribution ran above the $4,362 median for plans its size, placing it in the top quarter of its peers. Filings report dollars actually contributed, not the match formula; the formula itself (for example, 50% of the first 6% of pay) lives in the plan's summary plan description from HR.
Annual cost at the plan's reported 2023 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.
Compensation shown is direct payments from plan assets reported on Schedule C. Providers paid through fund revenue-sharing appear as indirect.
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 770456453 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.