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Discover Financial Services401(k)

DISCOVER FINANCIAL SERVICES 401K PLAN · RIVERWOODS, IL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.08%

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

Discover Financial Services reported $2,355,465 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.08% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $6,477 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 0.09% to 0.08%. The plan sits in the over $1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 1,229 comparable plans and shown alongside other finance & insurance employers. By assets it is the 29th-largest of 3,702 plans among Illinois employers on file, and the 65th of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2024, employees put in $1.11 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$3,209,189,364
Participants with balances26,671
Active participants20,237
Employer contributions$131,076,331
Employee contributions$144,949,152
Employer contribution per active participant$6,477
Average account balance$120,325
Benefits paid to participants$221,590,832
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorCROWE LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$3.2B · 26,671 accts · $131.1M emplr
2023$2.8B · 26,786 accts · $124.5M emplr
2022$2.2B · 25,964 accts · $107.2M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Investment management$2,355,465
Total administrative$2,355,465
The Discover Financial Services 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$6,477
Median for plans this size$5,259
2024$6,477 per active participant
2023$6,121 per active participant
2022$5,488 per active participant

Discover Financial Services's 2024 employer contribution ran above 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.

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PIMCO · Investment advisory (plan)$295
SEI TRUST COMPANY - ROTHSCHLID · Investment managementindirect comp

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Alight
2023Alight

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Administrative cost history3
2024$2,355,465 · 0.08%
2023$2,283,101 · 0.09%
2022$2,074,233 · 0.09%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 362517428 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.