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Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated401(k)

VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED 401(K) PLAN · BOSTON, MA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.00%

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

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated reported $57,201 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.00% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $7,943 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 0.00%. 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 43rd-largest of 2,726 plans among Massachusetts employers on file, and the 139th of 11,654 in professional & technical services. In 2024, employees put in $2.00 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 3,789 to 5,091 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$1,311,864,359
Participants with balances6,483
Active participants5,091
Employer contributions$40,435,954
Employee contributions$80,746,088
Employer contribution per active participant$7,943
Average account balance$202,355
Benefits paid to participants$85,112,241
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$1.3B · 6,483 accts · $40.4M emplr
2023$1.1B · 5,774 accts · $33.8M emplr
2022$827.9M · 5,122 accts · $26.7M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$22,276
Audit (IQPA)$4,925
Total administrative$57,201
The Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$7,943
Median for plans this size$5,259
2024$7,943 per active participant
2023$7,706 per active participant
2022$7,050 per active participant

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated'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 · 20242
CAPFINANCIAL PARTNERS, LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$30,000
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$17,337

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$57,201 · 0.00%
2023$198,874 · 0.02%
2022$327,880 · 0.04%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 043039129 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.