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Essex Portfolio L.P.401(k)

ESSEX PORTFOLIO L.P. 401(K) PLAN · SAN MATEO, CA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.21%

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

Essex Portfolio L.P. reported $270,309 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.21% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $2,039 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 0.26% to 0.21%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other real estate & leasing employers. By assets it is the 762nd-largest of 9,483 plans among California employers on file, and the 88th of 2,096 in real estate & leasing. In 2024, employees put in $2.60 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$138,180,729
Participants with balances2,442
Active participants1,720
Employer contributions$3,506,815
Employee contributions$9,126,900
Employer contribution per active participant$2,039
Average account balance$56,585
Benefits paid to participants$13,834,608
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$138.2M · 2,442 accts · $3.5M emplr
2023$121.0M · 2,464 accts · $3.6M emplr
2022$97.5M · 2,368 accts · $3.2M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$201,970
Investment management$48,139
Audit (IQPA)$31,400
Total administrative$270,309
The Essex Portfolio L.P. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,039
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$2,039 per active participant
2023$2,114 per active participant
2022$1,834 per active participant

Essex Portfolio L.P.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $3,635 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 · 20244
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$190,770
CONCURRENT INVESTMENT ADVISORS LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$36,000
MUN CPAS, LLP · Accounting / audit · Other services$31,400
STRATEGIC ADVISORS, INC. · Investment advisory (plan)$12,139

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$270,309 · 0.21%
2023$279,030 · 0.26%
2022$278,432 · 0.26%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 770369575 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.