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Synopsys, Inc.401(k)

SYNOPSYS 401(K) PLAN · SUNNYVALE, CA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.03%

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

Synopsys, Inc. reported $650,022 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.03% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $3,442 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 professional & technical services employers. By assets it is the 47th-largest of 9,483 plans among California employers on file, and the 53rd of 11,654 in professional & technical services. In 2024, employees put in $8.09 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 4,934 to 4,114 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$2,741,111,606
Participants with balances7,366
Active participants4,114
Employer contributions$14,160,601
Employee contributions$114,549,709
Employer contribution per active participant$3,442
Average account balance$372,130
Benefits paid to participants$203,174,529
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$2.7B · 7,366 accts · $14.2M emplr
2023$2.4B · 7,552 accts · $14.3M emplr
2022$1.9B · 7,498 accts · $13.9M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$235,953
Investment management$343,967
Audit (IQPA)$32,602
Total administrative$650,022
The Synopsys, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$3,442
Median for plans this size$5,259
2024$3,442 per active participant
2023$2,976 per active participant
2022$2,821 per active participant

Synopsys, 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 · 20245
STRATEGIC ADVISORS, INC. · Investment advisory (plan)$415,062
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$285,004
THE HYAS GROUP · Investment advisory (plan)$102,813
TRUCKER HUSS · Legal$37,500
MOSS ADAMS, LLP · Accounting / audit$32,602

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$650,022 · 0.03%
2023$584,883 · 0.03%
2022$804,661 · 0.04%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 561546236 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.