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Kelly Services, Inc401(k)

KELLY RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN · TROY, MI · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.23%

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

Kelly Services, Inc reported $761,663 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.23% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $41 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 6 years on file its reported administrative ratio fell from 0.29% to 0.23%. The plan sits in the $250M–$1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 2,883 comparable plans and shown alongside other administrative & support services employers. By assets it is the 93rd-largest of 2,619 plans among Michigan employers on file, and the 66th of 2,534 in administrative & support services. In 2024, employees put in $4.42 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 113,468 to 142,508 since 2018.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$342,524,646
Participants with balances9,478
Active participants142,508
Employer contributions$5,855,328
Employee contributions$25,851,315
Employer contribution per active participant$41
Average account balance$36,139
Benefits paid to participants$42,924,897
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history5
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$342.5M · 9,478 accts · $5.9M emplr
2023$311.6M · 9,430 accts · $5.9M emplr
2022$265.0M · 9,450 accts · $6.8M emplr
2019$241.2M · 11,041 accts · $9.9M emplr
2018$194.8M · 9,253 accts · $9.7M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$515,722
Investment management$42,500
Audit (IQPA)$33,325
Total administrative$761,663
The Kelly Services, Inc 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$41
Median for plans this size$4,294
2024$41 per active participant
2023$33 per active participant
2022$44 per active participant
2019$82 per active participant
2018$86 per active participant

Kelly Services, Inc's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $4,294 median for plans its size, in the bottom 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 · 20245
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER AND S · Recordkeeping$515,722
PHOENIX INNOVATE$132,095
CAPTRUST$42,500
THOMPSON HINE$35,356
PLANTE & MORAN, PLLC · Accounting / audit$33,325

Compensation shown is direct payments from plan assets reported on Schedule C. Providers paid through fund revenue-sharing appear as indirect.

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Bank of America / Merrill
2023Bank of America / Merrill

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Administrative cost history5
2024$761,663 · 0.23%
2023$662,630 · 0.23%
2022$736,069 · 0.25%
2019$837,000 · 0.38%
2018$565,000 · 0.29%
All plans at this employer2
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 381510762 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.