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Harman International Industries, Incorporated401(k)

HARMAN INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN · STAMFORD, CT · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.03%

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

Harman International Industries, Incorporated reported $238,335 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.03% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $9,124 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 0.04% to 0.03%. The plan sits in the $250M–$1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 2,883 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 36th-largest of 1,106 plans among Connecticut employers on file, and the 422nd of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $1.60 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$736,958,106
Participants with balances3,931
Active participants2,137
Employer contributions$19,497,630
Employee contributions$31,258,265
Employer contribution per active participant$9,124
Average account balance$187,473
Benefits paid to participants$62,710,384
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$737.0M · 3,931 accts · $19.5M emplr
2023$640.1M · 4,036 accts · $17.8M emplr
2022$536.8M · 3,998 accts · $16.2M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$183,817
Audit (IQPA)$54,183
Total administrative$238,335
The Harman International Industries, Incorporated 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$9,124
Median for plans this size$4,294
2024$9,124 per active participant
2023$8,094 per active participant
2022$7,942 per active participant

Harman International Industries, Incorporated'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 · 20242
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$183,817
BDO USA, P.C. · Accounting / audit$54,183

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$238,335 · 0.03%
2023$222,262 · 0.04%
2022$241,232 · 0.04%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 112534306 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.