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K&L Gates LLP401(k)

K&L GATES 401(K) PLAN ALPHA · PITTSBURGH, PA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.02%

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

K&L Gates LLP reported $215,422 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.02% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $6,791 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 0.03% 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 79th-largest of 3,651 plans among Pennsylvania employers on file, and the 186th of 11,654 in professional & technical services. In 2024, employees put in $2.31 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$969,683,056
Participants with balances2,109
Active participants1,306
Employer contributions$8,869,116
Employee contributions$20,458,255
Employer contribution per active participant$6,791
Average account balance$459,783
Benefits paid to participants$52,845,625
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$969.7M · 2,109 accts · $8.9M emplr
2023$836.3M · 2,165 accts · $8.2M emplr
2022$713.7M · 2,151 accts · $7.2M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$22,232
Investment management$170,791
Audit (IQPA)$22,399
Total administrative$215,422
The K&L Gates LLP 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$6,791
Median for plans this size$4,294
2024$6,791 per active participant
2023$5,929 per active participant
2022$5,373 per active participant

K&L Gates LLP's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $4,294 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 INV. INST. OPERATIONS · Loan processing$157,210
FIDUCIENT ADVISORS · Consulting · Investment advisory (plan)$100,557
CIBC ATLANTIC TR PRIVATE W.M. · Investment advisory (participants) · Investment management$78,952
SCHNEIDER DOWNS & CO., INC. · Accounting / audit$22,399
CAPFINANCIAL PARTNERS LLC · Investment advisory (participants) · Investment management$13,780

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$215,422 · 0.02%
2023$187,729 · 0.02%
2022$206,676 · 0.03%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 250921018 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.