Plan Ledger DOL Form 5500 · updated monthly

Southern Company Services, Inc.401(k) + ESOP (KSOP)

THE SOUTHERN COMPANY EMPLOYEE SAVINGS PLAN · ATLANTA, GA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.02%

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

Southern Company Services, Inc. reported $1,665,856 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.02% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $4,817 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 0.016% to 0.019%. The plan sits in the over $1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 1,229 comparable plans and shown alongside other utilities employers. By assets it is the 4th-largest of 2,160 plans among Georgia employers on file, and the 3rd of 412 in utilities. In 2024, employees put in $2.11 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$9,300,088,498
Participants with balances34,850
Active participants28,079
Employer contributions$135,260,890
Employee contributions$285,051,682
Employer contribution per active participant$4,817
Average account balance$266,861
Benefits paid to participants$868,302,279
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$9.3B · 34,850 accts · $135.3M emplr
2023$8.4B · 34,879 accts · $129.3M emplr
2022$7.8B · 34,407 accts · $121.8M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$1,594,946
Investment management$38,410
Audit (IQPA)$32,500
Total administrative$1,665,856
The Southern Company Services, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$4,817
Median for plans this size$5,259
2024$4,817 per active participant
2023$4,649 per active participant
2022$4,423 per active participant

Southern Company Services, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $5,259 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
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER AND S · Recordkeeping$1,594,946
WARREN AVERETT LLC$32,500
GALLAGHER FIDUCIARY ADVISORS, LLC$30,000
MERCER$7,500

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Bank of America / Merrill
2023Bank of America / Merrill

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Administrative cost history3
2024$1,665,856 · 0.02%
2023$1,228,611 · 0.02%
2022$1,339,367 · 0.02%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 630274273 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.