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Echostar Corporation401(k)

ECHOSTAR 401(K) PLAN · ENGLEWOOD, CO · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.02%

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

Echostar Corporation reported $99,227 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.02% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $3,396 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 1 year on file its reported administrative ratio rose from 0.01% to 0.02%. The plan sits in the $250M–$1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 2,601 comparable plans and shown alongside other information & media employers. By assets it is the 26th-largest of 1,461 plans among Colorado employers on file, and the 79th of 2,199 in information & media. In 2023, employees put in $3.98 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$658,400,615
Participants with balances2,619
Active participants1,722
Employer contributions$5,847,108
Employee contributions$23,285,427
Employer contribution per active participant$3,396
Average account balance$251,394
Benefits paid to participants$48,797,378
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$0 · $5.5M emplr
2023$658.4M · 2,619 accts · $5.8M emplr
2022$558.2M · 2,610 accts · $10.9M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Recordkeeping & contract admin$19,948
Investment management$64,933
Total administrative$99,227
The Echostar Corporation 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$3,396
Median for plans this size$4,362
2023$3,396 per active participant
2022$6,421 per active participant

Echostar Corporation's 2023 employer contribution ran below the $4,362 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 2023 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20233
STRATEGIC ADVISORS, INC. · Investment advisory (plan)$64,933
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$21,009
BONADIO GROUP · Consulting$9,400

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

Administrative cost history3
2024Not separately reported
2023$99,227 · 0.02%
2022$56,906 · 0.01%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 261232727 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.