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Trader Joe's Company401(k)

TRADER JOE'S COMPANY RETIREMENT PLAN · MONROVIA, CA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.02%

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

Trader Joe's Company reported $620,109 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.02% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $457 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 0.03% to 0.02%. The plan sits in the over $1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 1,229 comparable plans and shown alongside other retail trade employers. By assets it is the 43rd-largest of 9,483 plans among California employers on file, and the 23rd of 5,215 in retail trade. In 2024, employees put in $3.85 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 53,296 to 64,951 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$3,202,630,979
Participants with balances45,337
Active participants64,951
Employer contributions$29,672,410
Employee contributions$114,294,098
Employer contribution per active participant$457
Average account balance$70,641
Benefits paid to participants$158,009,184
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorHOLTHOUSE CARLIN & VAN TRIGT
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$3.2B · 45,337 accts · $29.7M emplr
2023$2.8B · 44,218 accts · $23.1M emplr
2022$2.4B · 44,205 accts · $96.4M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$320,109
Investment management$300,000
Total administrative$620,109
The Trader Joe's Company 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$457
Median for plans this size$5,259
2024$457 per active participant
2023$370 per active participant
2022$1,809 per active participant

Trader Joe's Company'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 · 20242
CAPITAL GROUP RETIREMENT PLAN SVCS. · Trustee (directed) · Other services$320,109
RBC CAPITAL MARKETS LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$300,000

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$620,109 · 0.02%
2023$620,059 · 0.02%
2022$695,929 · 0.03%
Same employer
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Wegmans Food Markets Inc. NY$3.4B · 0.01%
Rite Aid Corporation PA$3.3B · 0.07%
Hy-Vee, Inc. IA$3.1B · 0.11%
Dillard's, Inc. AR$3.0B · 0.08%
Gap Inc. CA$2.6B · 0.06%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 951987958 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.