American Water Works Association403(b)
AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION DEFINED CONTRIBUTION RETIREMENT PLAN · DENVER, CO · plan year 2023
Peer grade: B+ · admin costs + employer contributions vs same-size plans · how grading works
American Water Works Association reported $93,925 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.28% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $8,659 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 2 years on file its reported administrative ratio fell from 0.22% to 0.09%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 26,779 comparable plans and shown alongside other professional & technical services employers. By assets it is the 335th-largest of 1,461 plans among Colorado employers on file, and the 3,707th of 11,654 in professional & technical services. In 2023, the employer put in $1.27 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves.
American Water Works Association's 2023 employer contribution ran above the $2,440 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 135660277 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.