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Charles River Laboratories, Inc.401(k)

CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES, INC. SAVINGS/PLUS PLAN · WILMINGTON, MA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.12%

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

Charles River Laboratories, Inc. reported $1,188,253 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.12% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $3,340 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 0.15% to 0.12%. The plan sits in the over $1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 1,229 comparable plans and shown alongside other professional & technical services employers. By assets it is the 55th-largest of 2,726 plans among Massachusetts employers on file, and the 175th of 11,654 in professional & technical services. In 2024, employees put in $2.39 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 13,617 to 9,584 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$1,073,757,445
Participants with balances13,435
Active participants9,584
Employer contributions$32,006,226
Employee contributions$76,384,072
Employer contribution per active participant$3,340
Average account balance$79,922
Benefits paid to participants$115,869,649
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$1.1B · 13,435 accts · $32.0M emplr
2023$943.5M · 14,010 accts · $31.6M emplr
2022$757.6M · 13,833 accts · $28.1M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$758,578
Investment management$346,175
Total administrative$1,188,253
The Charles River Laboratories, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$3,340
Median for plans this size$5,259
2024$3,340 per active participant
2023$2,915 per active participant
2022$2,066 per active participant

Charles River Laboratories, Inc.'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.

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 · 20243
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$758,578
STRATEGIC ADVISORS, INC. · Investment advisory (plan)$346,175
UBS FINANCIAL SERVICES · Investment advisory (plan)$83,500

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$1,188,253 · 0.12%
2023$1,154,819 · 0.14%
2022$1,191,645 · 0.15%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 760509980 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.