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Public Storage401(k)

PS 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN · GLENDALE, CA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.09%

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

Public Storage reported $183,818 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.09% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $860 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 rose from 0.03% to 0.09%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other real estate & leasing employers. By assets it is the 530th-largest of 9,483 plans among California employers on file, and the 55th of 2,096 in real estate & leasing. In 2024, employees put in $2.26 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$221,942,018
Participants with balances2,708
Active participants5,502
Employer contributions$4,732,650
Employee contributions$10,710,382
Employer contribution per active participant$860
Average account balance$81,958
Benefits paid to participants$25,474,390
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorWITHUMSMITH + BROWN, PC
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$221.9M · 2,708 accts · $4.7M emplr
2023$201.9M · 2,596 accts · $4.4M emplr
2022$175.3M · 2,568 accts · $4.6M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$183,818
Total administrative$183,818
The Public Storage 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$860
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$860 per active participant
2023$780 per active participant
2022$886 per active participant

Public Storage's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $3,635 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.

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 · 20241
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator · Loan processing$183,793

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$183,818 · 0.09%
2023$66,311 · 0.04%
2022$64,787 · 0.03%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 953551121 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.