Plan Ledger DOL Form 5500 · updated monthly

Bell Laboratories, Inc.401(k)

RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN OF BELL LABORATORIES, INC. · WINDSOR, WI · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.12%

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

Bell Laboratories, Inc. reported $77,055 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.12% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $5,318 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 rose from 0.11% to 0.12%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 322nd-largest of 1,936 plans among Wisconsin employers on file, and the 2,516th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $1.17 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$68,057,678
Participants with balances542
Active participants464
Employer contributions$2,467,676
Employee contributions$2,887,454
Employer contribution per active participant$5,318
Average account balance$125,568
Benefits paid to participants$3,312,092
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorMEICHER CPAS
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$68.1M · 542 accts · $2.5M emplr
2023$57.8M · 528 accts · $2.1M emplr
2022$48.7M · 512 accts · $1.9M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$77,055
Total administrative$77,055
The Bell Laboratories, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$5,318
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$5,318 per active participant
2023$4,658 per active participant
2022$4,358 per active participant

Bell Laboratories, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran above the $3,635 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 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20241
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator · Loan processing$77,055

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

Administrative cost history3
2024$77,055 · 0.12%
2023$62,136 · 0.12%
2022$59,787 · 0.11%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 391204865 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.