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Exponent, Inc.401(k)

EXPONENT INC. 401(K) SAVINGS PLAN · MENLO PARK, CA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.02%

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

Exponent, Inc. reported $141,292 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.02% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $9,352 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 0.05% to 0.02%. The plan sits in the $250M–$1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 2,883 comparable plans and shown alongside other professional & technical services employers. By assets it is the 207th-largest of 9,483 plans among California employers on file, and the 292nd of 11,654 in professional & technical services. In 2024, employees put in $1.51 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$616,295,858
Participants with balances2,027
Active participants1,067
Employer contributions$9,979,036
Employee contributions$15,040,249
Employer contribution per active participant$9,352
Average account balance$304,043
Benefits paid to participants$33,146,611
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorFRANK, RIMERMAN & CO., LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$616.3M · 2,027 accts · $10.0M emplr
2023$531.2M · 1,863 accts · $9.9M emplr
2022$445.1M · 1,811 accts · $9.4M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$6,987
Investment management$80,530
Audit (IQPA)$16,275
Total administrative$141,292
The Exponent, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$9,352
Median for plans this size$4,294
2024$9,352 per active participant
2023$9,220 per active participant
2022$9,018 per active participant

Exponent, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran above the $4,294 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.

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
STRATEGIC ADVISORS, INC. · Investment advisory (plan)$80,530
GYL FINANCIAL SYNERGIES LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$37,500
FRANK RIMMERMAN · Accounting / audit$16,275
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$6,987

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$141,292 · 0.02%
2023$76,760 · 0.02%
2022$249,625 · 0.05%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 770218904 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.