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Cadence Design Systems Inc401(k)

CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS, INC. 401(K) PLAN · SAN JOSE, CA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.05%

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

Cadence Design Systems Inc reported $991,577 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.05% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $5,849 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 0.06% to 0.05%. The plan sits in the over $1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 1,229 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 71st-largest of 9,483 plans among California employers on file, and the 163rd of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $3.70 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$2,092,078,532
Participants with balances5,890
Active participants3,716
Employer contributions$21,734,041
Employee contributions$80,360,097
Employer contribution per active participant$5,849
Average account balance$355,192
Benefits paid to participants$93,872,603
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$2.1B · 5,890 accts · $21.7M emplr
2023$1.8B · 5,696 accts · $21.0M emplr
2022$1.5B · 5,448 accts · $18.1M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$209,961
Investment management$738,866
Audit (IQPA)$40,950
Total administrative$991,577
The Cadence Design Systems Inc 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$5,849
Median for plans this size$5,259
2024$5,849 per active participant
2023$5,690 per active participant
2022$5,254 per active participant

Cadence Design Systems Inc's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $5,259 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 · 202412
EMPOWER ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY O · Recordkeeping · Loan processing$349,662
EMPOWER ADVISORY GROUP, LLC · Investment management · Investment advisory (participants)$738,866
MOSS ADAMS LLP · Accounting / audit$40,950
FISHER INVESTMENTS$29,741
WEIL ASSOCIATES INC$20,505
GOLDEN STATE EQUITY PARTNERS$16,790
IRONWOOD WEALTH MANAGEMENT LLC$15,823
SAVANT CAPITAL LLC$15,140
MONETA GROUP INVESTMENT ADVISO$13,965
SIGNATUREFD LLC$13,253
CHARLES SCHWAB & CO., INC · Investment advisory (participants) · Securities brokerage$10,567
ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC$5,876

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Empower
2023Empower, HYAS GROUP LLC

This plan has changed recordkeepers within these filings. If you left Cadence Design Systems Inc before a switch, your account may sit at the earlier firm or in a rollover IRA. Looking for an account from a past job here? How to find an old 401(k).

Administrative cost history3
2024$991,577 · 0.05%
2023$1,012,296 · 0.06%
2022$992,586 · 0.06%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 770148231 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.