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Synchrony Financial401(k)

SYNCHRONY FINANCIAL MY SAVINGS PLAN · STAMFORD, CT · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.03%

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

Synchrony Financial reported $388,040 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.03% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $8,108 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 0.04% to 0.03%. The plan sits in the over $1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 1,229 comparable plans and shown alongside other finance & insurance employers. By assets it is the 22nd-largest of 1,106 plans among Connecticut employers on file, and the 121st of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2024, employees put in $1.00 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$1,564,145,832
Participants with balances12,707
Active participants10,687
Employer contributions$86,646,824
Employee contributions$86,709,018
Employer contribution per active participant$8,108
Average account balance$123,093
Benefits paid to participants$123,670,361
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$1.6B · 12,707 accts · $86.6M emplr
2023$1.3B · 12,769 accts · $87.5M emplr
2022$969.4M · 12,378 accts · $78.4M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$376,447
Total administrative$388,040
The Synchrony Financial 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$8,108
Median for plans this size$5,259
2024$8,108 per active participant
2023$8,221 per active participant
2022$7,782 per active participant

Synchrony Financial's 2024 employer contribution ran above 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 · 20241
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$376,447

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$388,040 · 0.03%
2023$351,947 · 0.03%
2022$427,489 · 0.04%
All plans at this employer2
SYNCHRONY FINANCIAL MY SAVINGS PLAN401(k)
SYNCHRONY FINANCIAL PUERTO RICO SAVINGS PLANDefined-contribution plan
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 510483352 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.