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Ciena Corporation401(k)

CIENA CORPORATION 401(K) PLAN · HANOVER, MD · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.01%

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

Ciena Corporation reported $70,080 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.01% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $6,032 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 0.005% to 0.010%. 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 31st-largest of 1,671 plans among Maryland employers on file, and the 432nd of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $3.25 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$718,763,239
Participants with balances3,014
Active participants1,879
Employer contributions$11,334,209
Employee contributions$36,863,307
Employer contribution per active participant$6,032
Average account balance$238,475
Benefits paid to participants$54,952,566
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$718.8M · 3,014 accts · $11.3M emplr
2023$621.8M · 3,074 accts · $11.2M emplr
2022$504.2M · 3,024 accts · $10.1M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$4,950
Investment management$65,130
Total administrative$70,080
The Ciena Corporation 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$6,032
Median for plans this size$4,294
2024$6,032 per active participant
2023$5,773 per active participant
2022$5,331 per active participant

Ciena Corporation's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $4,294 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 · 20242
SCHWAB RETIREMENT PLAN SERVICES,INC · Recordkeeping · Investment advisory (participants)$70,230
CHARLES SCHWAB & CO., INC. · Securities brokerage$402

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Charles Schwab
2023Charles Schwab

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Administrative cost history3
2024$70,080 · 0.01%
2023$54,308 · 0.01%
2022$28,873 · 0.01%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 232725311 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.