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Korn Ferry401(k)

KORN FERRY EMPLOYEE TAX DEFERRED SAVINGS PLAN · LOS ANGELES, CA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.17%

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

Korn Ferry reported $771,248 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.17% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,999 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 0.09% to 0.17%. 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 272nd-largest of 9,483 plans among California employers on file, and the 364th of 11,654 in professional & technical services. In 2024, employees put in $5.62 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 4,065 to 3,334 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$478,243,886
Participants with balances3,835
Active participants3,334
Employer contributions$6,665,363
Employee contributions$37,432,925
Employer contribution per active participant$1,999
Average account balance$124,705
Benefits paid to participants$61,898,012
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$478.2M · 3,835 accts · $6.7M emplr
2023$451.9M · 3,966 accts · $5.6M emplr
2022$387.3M · 4,555 accts · $6.9M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$741,343
Investment management$9,881
Audit (IQPA)$20,024
Total administrative$771,248
The Korn Ferry 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,999
Median for plans this size$4,294
2024$1,999 per active participant
2023$1,711 per active participant
2022$1,700 per active participant

Korn Ferry'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 · 20244
TOWERS WATSON INVESTMENT SERVICES · Investment advisory (plan)$506,543
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator · Loan processing$233,012
WILLIS TOWERS WATSON · Investment advisory (plan)$20,050
CLIFTONLARSONALLEN LLP · Accounting / audit · Investment advisory (plan)$14,502

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$771,248 · 0.17%
2023$706,492 · 0.17%
2022$346,151 · 0.09%
All plans at this employer2
KORN FERRY EMPLOYEE TAX DEFERRED SAVINGS PLAN401(k)
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 952623879 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.