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Stericycle, Inc.401(k)

STERICYCLE, INC. 401(K) RETIREMENT PLAN · BANNOCKBURN, IL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.20%

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

Stericycle, Inc. reported $815,308 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.20% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,319 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 0.22% to 0.20%. The plan sits in the $250M–$1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 2,883 comparable plans and shown alongside other administrative & support services employers. By assets it is the 181st-largest of 3,702 plans among Illinois employers on file, and the 54th of 2,534 in administrative & support services. In 2024, employees put in $2.64 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$417,494,018
Participants with balances9,824
Active participants8,738
Employer contributions$11,525,362
Employee contributions$30,418,352
Employer contribution per active participant$1,319
Average account balance$42,497
Benefits paid to participants$57,519,981
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$417.5M · 9,824 accts · $11.5M emplr
2023$389.9M · 10,565 accts · $9.9M emplr
2022$342.7M · 11,328 accts · $9.8M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$565,936
Investment management$235,222
Audit (IQPA)$14,150
Total administrative$815,308
The Stericycle, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,319
Median for plans this size$4,294
2024$1,319 per active participant
2023$1,071 per active participant
2022$1,094 per active participant

Stericycle, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $4,294 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 · 20244
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$566,158
TOWERS WATSON INVESTMENT SERVICES, · Investment management$168,184
STRATEGIC ADVISORS, INC. · Investment advisory (plan)$67,038
PLANTE & MORAN, PLLC · Accounting / audit$14,150

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$815,308 · 0.20%
2023$724,696 · 0.20%
2022$837,459 · 0.22%
All plans at this employer2
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 363640402 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.