Seattle Aquarium Society403(b)
SEATTLE AQUARIUM SOCIETY 403(B) PLAN · SEATTLE, WA · plan year 2024
Peer grade: C · admin costs + employer contributions vs same-size plans · how grading works
Seattle Aquarium Society reported $78,165 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.57% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $2,289 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 0.40% to 0.57%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other arts, entertainment & recreation employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Washington (867th of 1,714), and the 532nd of 1,311 in arts, entertainment & recreation. In 2024, employees put in $2.21 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 209 to 259 since 2022.
Seattle Aquarium Society'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.
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 911189249 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.