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Dish Network Corporation401(k)

DISH NETWORK CORPORATION 401(K) PLAN · ENGLEWOOD, CO · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.08%

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

Dish Network Corporation reported $977,400 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.08% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $2,930 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 0.08%. The plan sits in the over $1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 1,229 comparable plans and shown alongside other information & media employers. By assets it is the 8th-largest of 1,461 plans among Colorado employers on file, and the 36th of 2,199 in information & media. In 2024, employees put in $1.73 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 13,820 to 11,903 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$1,640,157,725
Participants with balances16,508
Active participants11,903
Employer contributions$34,881,162
Employee contributions$60,431,710
Employer contribution per active participant$2,930
Average account balance$99,355
Benefits paid to participants$127,578,387
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$1.6B · 16,508 accts · $34.9M emplr
2023$805.1M · 16,100 accts · $14.5M emplr
2022$729.6M · 17,035 accts · $27.5M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$796,666
Investment management$99,508
Total administrative$977,400
The Dish Network Corporation 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,930
Median for plans this size$5,259
2024$2,930 per active participant
2023$1,171 per active participant
2022$1,988 per active participant

Dish Network Corporation's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $5,259 median for plans its size, in the bottom 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 · 20244
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$951,620
STRATEGIC ADVISORS, INC. · Investment advisory (plan)$99,508
COOK STREET CONSULTING · Consulting · Investment advisory (plan)$57,005
MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT · Consulting$19,572

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$977,400 · 0.08%
2023$1,041,207 · 0.14%
2022$1,184,209 · 0.14%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 880336997 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.