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Paychex , Inc.401(k) + ESOP (KSOP)

PAYCHEX, INC. 401(K) INCENTIVE RETIREMENT PLAN · ROCHESTER, NY · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.03%

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

Paychex , Inc. reported $558,865 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.03% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $2,484 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.

The plan sits in the over $1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 1,229 comparable plans and shown alongside other professional & technical services employers. By assets it is the 66th-largest of 5,648 plans among New York employers on file, and the 72nd of 11,654 in professional & technical services. In 2024, employees put in $2.73 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$2,259,111,944
Participants with balances16,259
Active participants15,000
Employer contributions$37,258,766
Employee contributions$101,746,778
Employer contribution per active participant$2,484
Average account balance$138,945
Benefits paid to participants$221,308,802
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Investment management$711,952
Total administrative$558,865
The Paychex , Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,484
Median for plans this size$5,259

Paychex , Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $5,259 median for plans its size, in the bottom quarter of its peers. 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 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20242
STRATEGIC ADVISORS, INC. · Investment advisory (plan)$711,952
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processingindirect comp

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

Administrative cost history1
2024$558,865 · 0.03%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 161124166 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.