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Carnegie Mellon University403(b)

CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY FACULTY AND STAFF RETIREMENT PLAN · PITTSBURGH, PA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.02%

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

Carnegie Mellon University reported $492,607 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.02% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $3,864 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 0.021% to 0.018%. The plan sits in the over $1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 1,229 comparable plans and shown alongside other educational services employers. By assets it is the 27th-largest of 3,651 plans among Pennsylvania employers on file, and the 20th of 3,091 in educational services. In 2024, the employer put in $1.12 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves; active participation has grown from 6,370 to 11,963 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$2,817,739,782
Participants with balances13,653
Active participants11,963
Employer contributions$46,230,180
Employee contributions$41,460,315
Employer contribution per active participant$3,864
Average account balance$206,382
Benefits paid to participants$129,292,428
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$2.8B · 13,653 accts · $46.2M emplr
2023$2.5B · 13,195 accts · $42.8M emplr
2022$2.2B · 12,836 accts · $38.5M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$492,607
Total administrative$492,607
Employer contributions to the Carnegie Mellon University plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$3,864
Median for plans this size$5,259
2024$3,864 per active participant
2023$6,315 per active participant
2022$6,039 per active participant

Carnegie Mellon University's 2024 employer contribution ran below 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.

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Service providers · 20241
TEACHERS INS. AND ANNUITY ASSOC. · Contract administrator · Recordkeeping$492,607

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024TEACHERS INS. AND ANNUITY ASSOC.
2023TEACHERS INS. AND ANNUITY ASSOC.

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Administrative cost history3
2024$492,607 · 0.02%
2023$512,703 · 0.02%
2022$506,267 · 0.02%
All plans at this employer2
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CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY 401(K) PLAN401(k)
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 250969449 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.