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Celanese Americas LLC401(k)

CELANESE AMERICAS RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN · IRVING, TX · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.09%

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

Celanese Americas LLC reported $837,973 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.09% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $12,803 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 3 years on file its reported administrative ratio has held roughly steady near 0.088%. 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 122nd-largest of 5,688 plans among Texas employers on file, and the 333rd of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, the employer put in $1.05 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$992,827,068
Participants with balances4,164
Active participants2,928
Employer contributions$37,487,161
Employee contributions$35,817,680
Employer contribution per active participant$12,803
Average account balance$238,431
Benefits paid to participants$115,928,038
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$992.8M · 4,164 accts · $37.5M emplr
2023$920.9M · 4,305 accts · $38.8M emplr
2022$789.4M · 4,396 accts · $36.1M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$186,411
Investment management$434,803
Trustee / custodial$145,373
Total administrative$837,973
The Celanese Americas LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$12,803
Median for plans this size$4,294
2024$12,803 per active participant
2023$12,643 per active participant
2022$11,109 per active participant

Celanese Americas LLC's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $4,294 median for plans its size, placing it in the top quarter of its peers. 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 · 20247
BLACKROCK INSTITUTIONAL TRUST CO · Trustee · Trustee (discretionary)$570,148
FID INV INSTL OPS CO LLC · Loan processing$216,703
STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY · Trustee (directed)$120,891
RUSSELL INVESTMENTS · Consulting$50,000
WHITLEY PENN LLP · Accounting / audit$42,697
STATE STREET GLOBAL ADVISORS · Investment management$30,000
K&L GATES · Legal$13,710

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$837,973 · 0.09%
2023$976,537 · 0.11%
2022$781,317 · 0.09%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 221862783 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.