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Blackline Inc.401(k)

BLACKLINE SYSTEMS, INC. 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN · WOODLAND HILLS, CA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.09%

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

Blackline Inc. reported $142,810 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.09% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $6,543 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 $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other professional & technical services employers. By assets it is the 599th-largest of 9,483 plans among California employers on file, and the 869th of 11,654 in professional & technical services. In 2024, employees put in $2.38 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$183,985,838
Participants with balances1,413
Active participants1,106
Employer contributions$7,236,334
Employee contributions$17,224,540
Employer contribution per active participant$6,543
Average account balance$130,209
Benefits paid to participants$12,519,281
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$184.0M · 1,413 accts · $7.2M emplr
2023$147.0M · 1,391 accts · $7.6M emplr
2022$110.9M · 1,420 accts · $7.4M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$81,521
Investment management$61,289
Total administrative$142,810
The Blackline Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$6,543
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$6,543 per active participant
2023$6,949 per active participant
2022$6,261 per active participant

Blackline 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 · 20242
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$81,521
ZEPHYR INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT · Investment advisory (plan)$61,289

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$142,810 · 0.09%
2023$232,281 · 0.18%
2022$247,613 · 0.22%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 954876613 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.