Element Solutions Inc401(k)
ELEMENT SOLUTIONS INC EMPLOYEE SAVINGS AND 401(K) PLAN · WATERBURY, CT · plan year 2025
Peer grade: B+ · admin costs + employer contributions vs same-size plans · how grading works
Element Solutions Inc reported $246,714 in plan administrative expenses for 2025: 0.08% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $7,301 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 3 years on file its reported administrative ratio rose from 0.07% to 0.08%. The plan sits in the $250M–$1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 230 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 76th-largest of 1,106 plans among Connecticut employers on file, and the 832nd of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2025, employees put in $1.52 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 1,078 to 954 since 2022.
Element Solutions Inc's 2025 employer contribution ran above the $4,295 median for plans its size, placing it in the top 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.
Annual cost at the plan's reported 2025 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.
Compensation shown is direct payments from plan assets reported on Schedule C. Providers paid through fund revenue-sharing appear as indirect.
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 371744899 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.