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Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP401(k)

SKIDMORE, OWINGS & MERRILL LLP 401(K) SAVINGS PLAN · CHICAGO, IL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.12%

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

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP reported $335,557 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.12% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $3,072 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 0.11% to 0.12%. The plan sits in the $250M–$1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 2,883 comparable plans and shown alongside other professional & technical services employers. By assets it is the 247th-largest of 3,702 plans among Illinois employers on file, and the 588th of 11,654 in professional & technical services. In 2024, employees put in $3.50 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 1,017 to 837 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$285,995,032
Participants with balances2,038
Active participants837
Employer contributions$2,571,370
Employee contributions$8,987,724
Employer contribution per active participant$3,072
Average account balance$140,331
Benefits paid to participants$22,913,630
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorFGMK
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$286.0M · 2,038 accts · $2.6M emplr
2023$253.3M · 2,052 accts · $3.0M emplr
2022$210.3M · 2,100 accts · $3.2M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Investment management$114,857
Total administrative$335,557
The Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$3,072
Median for plans this size$4,294
2024$3,072 per active participant
2023$3,260 per active participant
2022$3,121 per active participant

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $4,294 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
FIDUCIENT ADVISORS · Consulting$83,870
FINANCIAL ENGINES · Investment advisory (plan)$71,125
NEUBERGER BERMAN · Investment management$44,192
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 history3
2024$335,557 · 0.12%
2023$299,531 · 0.13%
2022$256,192 · 0.11%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 361785381 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.