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Avalonbay Communities, Inc.401(k)

AVALONBAY COMMUNITIES, INC. ASSOCIATES SAVINGS PLAN · ARLINGTON, VA · plan year 2025

Reported admin expense ratio · 2025
0.08%

Peer grade: C+ · admin costs + employer contributions vs same-size plans · how grading works

Avalonbay Communities, Inc. reported $311,456 in plan administrative expenses for 2025: 0.08% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $2,968 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 3 years on file its reported administrative ratio fell from 0.10% to 0.08%. The plan sits in the $250M–$1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 230 comparable plans and shown alongside other real estate & leasing employers. By assets it is the 84th-largest of 2,266 plans among Virginia employers on file, and the 28th of 2,096 in real estate & leasing. In 2025, employees put in $2.61 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$442,946,570
Participants with balances4,342
Active participants3,047
Employer contributions$9,042,088
Employee contributions$23,588,134
Employer contribution per active participant$2,968
Average account balance$102,014
Benefits paid to participants$38,794,437
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorERNST AND YOUNG
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$442.9M · 4,342 accts · $9.0M emplr
2024$384.8M · 4,048 accts · $8.9M emplr
2023$329.0M · 4,054 accts · $7.4M emplr
2022$270.4M · 3,986 accts · $6.7M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2025
Recordkeeping & contract admin$244,456
Total administrative$311,456
The Avalonbay Communities, Inc. 401(k) match · 2025
Employer contribution per active participant$2,968
Median for plans this size$4,295
2025$2,968 per active participant
2024$2,928 per active participant
2023$2,531 per active participant
2022$2,359 per active participant

Avalonbay Communities, Inc.'s 2025 employer contribution ran below the $4,295 median for plans its size. 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.

What these fees cost you

Annual cost at the plan's reported 2025 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20252
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$244,456
MORGAN STANLEY · Investment advisory (plan)$67,000

Compensation shown is direct payments from plan assets reported on Schedule C. Providers paid through fund revenue-sharing appear as indirect.

Administrative cost history4
2025$311,456 · 0.08%
2024$291,250 · 0.08%
2023$272,366 · 0.09%
2022$287,781 · 0.10%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 770404318 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.