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Payscale, Inc.401(k)

PAYSCALE, INC. RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN · SEATTLE, WA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.45%

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

Payscale, Inc. reported $220,090 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.45% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $2,303 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 0.48% to 0.45%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other information & media employers. By assets it is the 326th-largest of 1,714 plans among Washington employers on file, and the 500th of 2,199 in information & media. In 2024, employees put in $4.53 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 668 to 571 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$52,496,208
Participants with balances878
Active participants571
Employer contributions$1,315,073
Employee contributions$5,958,569
Employer contribution per active participant$2,303
Average account balance$59,791
Benefits paid to participants$7,228,784
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$52.5M · 878 accts · $1.3M emplr
2023$45.1M · 893 accts · $1.4M emplr
2022$32.5M · 910 accts · $1.2M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$171,682
Investment management$48,202
Total administrative$220,090
The Payscale, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,303
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$2,303 per active participant
2023$2,441 per active participant
2022$1,802 per active participant

Payscale, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 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 · 20243
BENSLER LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$48,202
EMPOWER ADVISORY GROUP LLC · Investment management$25,434

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$220,090 · 0.45%
2023$174,738 · 0.45%
2022$164,906 · 0.48%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 911618647 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.