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Tesla, Inc.401(k)

TESLA, INC. 401(K) PLAN · AUSTIN, TX · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.16%

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

Tesla, Inc. reported $3,459,149 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.16% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,463 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 0.18% to 0.16%. The plan sits in the over $1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 1,229 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 57th-largest of 5,688 plans among Texas employers on file, and the 135th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $3.41 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$2,463,522,980
Participants with balances68,149
Active participants72,376
Employer contributions$105,870,589
Employee contributions$360,969,076
Employer contribution per active participant$1,463
Average account balance$36,149
Benefits paid to participants$257,751,300
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$2.5B · 68,149 accts · $105.9M emplr
2023$1.9B · 69,428 accts · $100.3M emplr
2022$1.3B · 64,236 accts · $86.7M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$2,877,697
Investment management$290,307
Audit (IQPA)$54,702
Total administrative$3,459,149
The Tesla, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,463
Median for plans this size$5,259
2024$1,463 per active participant
2023$1,240 per active participant
2022$1,162 per active participant

Tesla, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $5,259 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$2,892,134
STRATEGIC ADVISORS, INC. · Investment advisory (plan)$290,307
SAGEVIEW ADVISORY GROUP LLC · Consulting · Investment advisory (plan)$236,443
SILICON VALLEY ACCOUNTANCY CORP · Accounting / audit$54,702

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$3,459,149 · 0.16%
2023$3,252,746 · 0.21%
2022$2,170,462 · 0.18%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 912197729 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.