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The Vail Corporation dba Vail Associates, Inc. a Colorado Corporation401(k)

VAIL RESORTS 401(K) RETIREMENT PLAN · BROOMFIELD, CO · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.17%

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

The Vail Corporation dba Vail Associates, Inc. a Colorado Corporation reported $889,310 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.17% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $276 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 0.15% to 0.17%. The plan sits in the $250M–$1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 2,883 comparable plans and shown alongside other arts, entertainment & recreation employers. By assets it is the 37th-largest of 1,461 plans among Colorado employers on file, and the 17th of 1,311 in arts, entertainment & recreation. In 2024, employees put in $3.53 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 28,473 to 33,205 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$540,968,346
Participants with balances11,859
Active participants33,205
Employer contributions$9,178,712
Employee contributions$32,360,202
Employer contribution per active participant$276
Average account balance$45,617
Benefits paid to participants$53,148,620
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$541.0M · 11,859 accts · $9.2M emplr
2023$485.3M · 11,587 accts · $8.5M emplr
2022$401.0M · 11,109 accts · $7.6M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$593,451
Investment management$295,589
Total administrative$889,310
The The Vail Corporation dba Vail Associates, Inc. a Colorado Corporation 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$276
Median for plans this size$4,294
2024$276 per active participant
2023$303 per active participant
2022$266 per active participant

The Vail Corporation dba Vail Associates, Inc. a Colorado Corporation'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 · 20243
EMPOWER ADVISORY GROUP, LLC · Investment management$295,589
EMPOWER FINANCIAL SERVICES INC · Securities brokerage$270

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$889,310 · 0.17%
2023$745,741 · 0.17%
2022$680,894 · 0.15%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 840601461 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.