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Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.401(k)

IONIS PHARMACEUTICALS 401(K) PLAN · CARLSBAD, CA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.03%

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

Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. reported $74,452 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.03% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $8,936 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 rose from 0.02% to 0.03%. 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 390th-largest of 9,483 plans among California employers on file, and the 537th of 11,654 in professional & technical services. In 2024, employees put in $2.03 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 760 to 1,043 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$315,959,406
Participants with balances1,410
Active participants1,043
Employer contributions$9,319,779
Employee contributions$18,914,697
Employer contribution per active participant$8,936
Average account balance$224,085
Benefits paid to participants$17,217,088
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$316.0M · 1,410 accts · $9.3M emplr
2023$254.8M · 1,299 accts · $7.6M emplr
2022$195.1M · 1,182 accts · $6.1M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Investment management$132,510
Total administrative$74,452
The Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$8,936
Median for plans this size$4,294
2024$8,936 per active participant
2023$8,481 per active participant
2022$8,085 per active participant

Ionis Pharmaceuticals, 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 · 20242
FIRST LIGHT RETIREMENT LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$132,510
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processingindirect comp

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$74,452 · 0.03%
2023$4,992 · 0.00%
2022$36,828 · 0.02%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 330336973 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.