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Biomarin Pharmaceutical Inc.401(k)

BIOMARIN PHARMACEUTICAL INC. RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN · NOVATO, CA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.01%

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

Biomarin Pharmaceutical Inc. reported $54,811 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.01% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $13,036 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 0.010% to 0.008%. The plan sits in the $250M–$1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 2,883 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 184th-largest of 9,483 plans among California employers on file, and the 433rd of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $1.54 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$715,040,838
Participants with balances3,270
Active participants1,939
Employer contributions$25,276,297
Employee contributions$38,890,702
Employer contribution per active participant$13,036
Average account balance$218,667
Benefits paid to participants$69,418,876
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$715.0M · 3,270 accts · $25.3M emplr
2023$616.8M · 3,377 accts · $24.9M emplr
2022$494.4M · 3,119 accts · $23.4M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$8,300
Investment management$46,511
Total administrative$54,811
The Biomarin Pharmaceutical Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$13,036
Median for plans this size$4,294
2024$13,036 per active participant
2023$10,791 per active participant
2022$11,290 per active participant

Biomarin Pharmaceutical Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran above the $4,294 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.

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 · 20246
DYNAMIC WEALTH ADVISORS · Investment advisory (participants)$11,913
CREATIVE PLANNING LLC · Investment advisory (participants)$8,031
ABOUND WEALTH MANAGEMENT LLC · Investment advisory (participants)$7,317
SIGNATURE ESTATE & INVESTMENT · Investment advisory (participants)$5,225
CHARLES SCHWAB & CO., INC · Securities brokerage$1,763

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Charles Schwab
2023Charles Schwab

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Administrative cost history3
2024$54,811 · 0.01%
2023$50,285 · 0.01%
2022$50,607 · 0.01%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 680397820 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.