Nelnet, Inc.401(k)
NELNET 401(K) PLAN · LINCOLN, NE · plan year 2024
Peer grade: C+ · admin costs + employer contributions vs same-size plans · how grading works
Nelnet, Inc. reported $736,190 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.10% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $2,450 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 0.13% to 0.10%. The plan sits in the $250M–$1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 2,883 comparable plans and shown alongside other finance & insurance employers. By assets it is the 11th-largest of 565 plans among Nebraska employers on file, and the 229th of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2024, employees put in $1.90 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 8,442 to 7,432 since 2022.
Nelnet, 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.
Annual cost at the plan's reported 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.
Compensation shown is direct payments from plan assets reported on Schedule C. Providers paid through fund revenue-sharing appear as indirect.
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 840748903 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.