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Blue Origin, LLC401(k)

BLUE 401(K) PLAN · KENT, WA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.10%

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

Blue Origin, LLC reported $959,912 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.10% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $5,734 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 0.04% to 0.10%. 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 26th-largest of 1,714 plans among Washington employers on file, and the 286th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $2.05 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 9,361 to 13,293 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$1,182,913,697
Participants with balances14,007
Active participants13,293
Employer contributions$76,226,386
Employee contributions$156,452,508
Employer contribution per active participant$5,734
Average account balance$84,452
Benefits paid to participants$60,096,902
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$1.2B · 14,007 accts · $76.2M emplr
2023$811.8M · 11,701 accts · $68.0M emplr
2022$471.8M · 9,680 accts · $42.2M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$543,019
Investment management$416,893
Total administrative$959,912
The Blue Origin, LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$5,734
Median for plans this size$4,294
2024$5,734 per active participant
2023$6,282 per active participant
2022$4,511 per active participant

Blue Origin, LLC's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $4,294 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$546,869
STRATEGIC ADVISORS, INC. · Investment advisory (plan)$416,893

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$959,912 · 0.10%
2023$151,953 · 0.02%
2022$192,478 · 0.04%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 611770771 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.