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Columbia Sportswear Company401(k)

COLUMBIA SPORTSWEAR COMPANY 401(K) PLAN · PORTLAND, OR · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.10%

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

Columbia Sportswear Company reported $432,337 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.10% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $3,367 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 0.14% to 0.10%. The plan sits in the $250M–$1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 2,883 comparable plans and shown alongside other wholesale trade employers. By assets it is the 22nd-largest of 1,021 plans among Oregon employers on file, and the 101st of 4,246 in wholesale trade. In 2024, employees put in $1.76 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$462,060,993
Participants with balances5,263
Active participants4,412
Employer contributions$14,853,527
Employee contributions$26,092,602
Employer contribution per active participant$3,367
Average account balance$87,794
Benefits paid to participants$31,975,153
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$462.1M · 5,263 accts · $14.9M emplr
2023$397.0M · 5,176 accts · $15.6M emplr
2022$321.1M · 4,861 accts · $13.3M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$366,304
Trustee / custodial$65,707
Total administrative$432,337
The Columbia Sportswear Company 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$3,367
Median for plans this size$4,294
2024$3,367 per active participant
2023$3,529 per active participant
2022$3,097 per active participant

Columbia Sportswear Company's 2024 employer contribution ran below 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 · 20245
MILLIMAN · Recordkeeping · Consulting$344,254
MULTNOMAH INVESTMENT GROUP · Investment advisory (plan) · Participant communication$65,707
MOSS ADAMS LLP · Investment advisory (plan)$22,050
CHARLES SCHWAB & CO., INC. · Custodial · Trustee$339
CHARLES SCHWAB TRUST BANK · Custodial · Trustee$82

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Milliman
2023Milliman

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Administrative cost history3
2024$432,337 · 0.10%
2023$459,850 · 0.13%
2022$471,674 · 0.14%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 930498284 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.