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Brilliant Earth, LLC401(k)

BRILLIANT EARTH, LLC 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN · SAN FRANCISCO, CA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.42%

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

Brilliant Earth, LLC reported $77,769 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.42% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $3,016 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 0.17% to 0.42%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other retail trade employers. By assets it is the 3,429th-largest of 9,483 plans among California employers on file, and the 1,362nd of 5,215 in retail trade. In 2024, employees put in $1.63 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 493 to 592 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$21,748,258
Participants with balances731
Active participants592
Employer contributions$1,785,287
Employee contributions$2,910,751
Employer contribution per active participant$3,016
Average account balance$29,751
Benefits paid to participants$1,272,501
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$21.7M · 731 accts · $1.8M emplr
2023$15.4M · 715 accts · $1.5M emplr
2022$9.9M · 455 accts · $991K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$77,769
Total administrative$77,769
The Brilliant Earth, LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$3,016
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$3,016 per active participant
2023$2,560 per active participant
2022$2,011 per active participant

Brilliant Earth, LLC's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $2,416 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$77,769 · 0.42%
2023$40,852 · 0.32%
2022$14,882 · 0.17%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 203413075 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.