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Parker Drilling Company401(k)

PARKER WELLBORE 401(K) RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN · HOUSTON, TX · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.07%

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

Parker Drilling Company reported $66,572 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.07% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $4,300 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 0.07%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other mining, oil & gas extraction employers. By assets it is the 672nd-largest of 5,688 plans among Texas employers on file, and the 114th of 612 in mining, oil & gas extraction. In 2024, employees put in $1.55 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$96,477,899
Participants with balances1,187
Active participants891
Employer contributions$3,831,581
Employee contributions$5,921,476
Employer contribution per active participant$4,300
Average account balance$81,279
Benefits paid to participants$12,792,281
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$96.5M · 1,187 accts · $3.8M emplr
2023$85.5M · 1,227 accts · $3.6M emplr
2022$72.3M · 1,139 accts · $3.1M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$33,972
Audit (IQPA)$32,000
Total administrative$66,572
The Parker Drilling Company 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$4,300
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$4,300 per active participant
2023$3,667 per active participant
2022$3,680 per active participant

Parker Drilling Company's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $3,635 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
MELTON & MELTON LLP · Accounting / audit · Contract administrator$32,000
QDRO CONSULTANTS CO LLC$600
CHARLES SCHWAB & CO. INC. · Investment advisory (participants) · Securities brokerageindirect comp

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$66,572 · 0.07%
2023$84,356 · 0.11%
2022$107,773 · 0.13%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 730618660 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.