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Berry Petroleum Company, LLC401(k)

BERRY PETROLEUM COMPANY, LLC 401(K) PLAN · BAKERSFIELD, CA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.06%

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

Berry Petroleum Company, LLC reported $54,661 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.06% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $4,642 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 0.00% to 0.06%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other mining, oil & gas extraction employers. By assets it is the 1,112th-largest of 9,483 plans among California employers on file, and the 125th of 612 in mining, oil & gas extraction. In 2024, employees put in $1.63 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 1,347 to 1,055 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$88,690,686
Participants with balances1,250
Active participants1,055
Employer contributions$4,896,844
Employee contributions$7,973,301
Employer contribution per active participant$4,642
Average account balance$70,953
Benefits paid to participants$15,882,770
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$88.7M · 1,250 accts · $4.9M emplr
2023$79.6M · 1,424 accts · $6.9M emplr
2022$59.7M · 1,386 accts · $6.5M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$54,661
Total administrative$54,661
The Berry Petroleum Company, LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$4,642
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$4,642 per active participant
2023$5,429 per active participant
2022$4,805 per active participant

Berry Petroleum Company, LLC'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.

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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

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$54,661 · 0.06%
2023$25,890 · 0.04%
2022$707 · 0.00%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 770079387 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.