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Lumen Technologies, Inc.401(k) + ESOP (KSOP)

LUMEN 401(K) SAVINGS PLAN · MONROE, LA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.02%

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

Lumen Technologies, Inc. reported $1,117,525 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.02% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $3,785 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 3 years on file its reported administrative ratio has held roughly steady near 0.015%. The plan sits in the over $1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 1,229 comparable plans and shown alongside other information & media employers. By assets it is the 1st-largest of 884 plans among Louisiana employers on file, and the 14th of 2,199 in information & media. In 2024, employees put in $2.48 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 24,420 to 21,466 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$7,294,806,457
Participants with balances36,691
Active participants21,466
Employer contributions$81,247,248
Employee contributions$201,360,967
Employer contribution per active participant$3,785
Average account balance$198,817
Benefits paid to participants$1,001,080,798
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$7.3B · 36,691 accts · $81.2M emplr
2023$7.1B · 40,193 accts · $86.5M emplr
2022$6.6B · 41,491 accts · $90.1M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$841,589
Audit (IQPA)$50,000
Total administrative$1,117,525
The Lumen Technologies, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$3,785
Median for plans this size$5,259
2024$3,785 per active participant
2023$3,615 per active participant
2022$3,691 per active participant

Lumen Technologies, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $5,259 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 · 20247
PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP · Contract administrator · Recordkeeping$841,589
SMARTPATH, INC · Consulting · Other services$123,250
USI CONSULTING GROUP · Consulting · Other services$50,822
EISNERAMPER · Accounting / audit$50,000
SMARTPATH ADVISORS,LLC · Consulting · Other services$16,700
PENSION BENEFIT INFORMATION, LLC · Consulting · Other services$9,061
JEFFREY WILSON · Legal$6,825

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Principal
2023Principal

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Administrative cost history3
2024$1,117,525 · 0.02%
2023$1,133,923 · 0.02%
2022$1,216,373 · 0.02%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 720651161 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.