Plan Ledger DOL Form 5500 · updated monthly

Equitable Financial Life Insurance Company401(k)

THE EQUITABLE 401(K) PLAN · SYRACUSE, NY · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.04%

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

Equitable Financial Life Insurance Company reported $1,008,523 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.04% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $7,966 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.

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 58th-largest of 5,648 plans among New York employers on file, and the 80th of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2024, employees put in $1.58 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$2,648,874,521
Participants with balances12,912
Active participants7,549
Employer contributions$60,131,831
Employee contributions$94,801,393
Employer contribution per active participant$7,966
Average account balance$205,148
Benefits paid to participants$278,660,182
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$302,913
Audit (IQPA)$98,000
Total administrative$1,008,523
The Equitable Financial Life Insurance Company 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$7,966
Median for plans this size$5,259

Equitable Financial Life Insurance Company'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.

Service providers · 20245
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$363,862
LBI SOFTWARE ENGINEERING · Consulting$300,000
EQUITABLE · Other services$283,769
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS, LLP · Accounting / audit$98,000
KILPATRICK STOCKTON LLP · Legal$23,840

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

Administrative cost history1
2024$1,008,523 · 0.04%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 135570651 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.