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Massachusetts Institute of Technology401(k)

MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY SUPPLEMENTAL 401(K) PLAN · CAMBRIDGE, MA · plan year 2025

Reported admin expense ratio · 2025
0.01%

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

Massachusetts Institute of Technology reported $736,929 in plan administrative expenses for 2025: 0.01% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $6,066 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 fell from 0.011% to 0.009%. The plan sits in the over $1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 141 comparable plans and shown alongside other educational services employers. By assets it is the 4th-largest of 2,726 plans among Massachusetts employers on file, and the 3rd of 3,091 in educational services. In 2025, employees put in $1.96 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$8,868,893,496
Participants with balances25,899
Active participants14,861
Employer contributions$90,145,767
Employee contributions$176,239,068
Employer contribution per active participant$6,066
Average account balance$342,442
Benefits paid to participants$454,383,336
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$8.9B · 25,899 accts · $90.1M emplr
2024$7.7B · 25,570 accts · $86.1M emplr
2023$6.8B · 24,901 accts · $80.0M emplr
2022$5.8B · 24,070 accts · $73.3M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2025
Recordkeeping & contract admin$6,675
Investment management$700,254
Total administrative$736,929
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology 401(k) match · 2025
Employer contribution per active participant$6,066
Median for plans this size$5,084
2025$6,066 per active participant
2024$5,696 per active participant
2023$5,422 per active participant
2022$5,197 per active participant

Massachusetts Institute of Technology's 2025 employer contribution ran above the $5,084 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.

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Annual cost at the plan's reported 2025 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20251
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Investment advisory (participants)$192,015

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

Administrative cost history4
2025$736,929 · 0.01%
2024$801,144 · 0.01%
2023$771,468 · 0.01%
2022$737,788 · 0.01%
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Duke University NC$11.0B · 0.03%
Yale University CT$8.3B · 0.03%
University of Rochester NY$8.0B · 0.02%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 042103594 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.