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Mks Instruments, Inc.401(k)

MKS INSTRUMENTS, INC. PROFIT SHARING & 401(K) PLAN · ANDOVER, MA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.04%

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

Mks Instruments, Inc. reported $303,503 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.04% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $3,275 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 0.05% to 0.04%. The plan sits in the $250M–$1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 2,883 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 70th-largest of 2,726 plans among Massachusetts employers on file, and the 385th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $3.56 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$839,568,169
Participants with balances4,076
Active participants2,905
Employer contributions$9,512,925
Employee contributions$33,844,235
Employer contribution per active participant$3,275
Average account balance$205,978
Benefits paid to participants$92,733,128
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$839.6M · 4,076 accts · $9.5M emplr
2023$764.9M · 4,070 accts · $9.2M emplr
2022$633.1M · 4,178 accts · $9.3M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$91,578
Investment management$167,018
Audit (IQPA)$44,060
Total administrative$303,503
The Mks Instruments, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$3,275
Median for plans this size$4,294
2024$3,275 per active participant
2023$3,310 per active participant
2022$3,101 per active participant

Mks Instruments, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below 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 · 20244
STRATEGIC ADVISORS, INC. · Investment advisory (plan)$102,268
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$91,578
CAPFINANCIAL PARTNERS, LLC. · Investment advisory (plan)$64,750
BDO USA, P.C. · Accounting / audit$44,060

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$303,503 · 0.04%
2023$470,358 · 0.07%
2022$370,283 · 0.05%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 042277512 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.