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Vinson & Elkins L.L.P.401(k)

VINSON & ELKINS L. L. P. RETIREMENT PLAN A · HOUSTON, TX · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.15%

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

Vinson & Elkins L.L.P. reported $795,651 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.15% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $8,488 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 0.19% to 0.15%. The plan sits in the $250M–$1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 2,883 comparable plans and shown alongside other professional & technical services employers. By assets it is the 188th-largest of 5,688 plans among Texas employers on file, and the 322nd of 11,654 in professional & technical services. In 2024, employees put in $2.17 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$555,853,795
Participants with balances1,379
Active participants743
Employer contributions$6,306,270
Employee contributions$13,699,731
Employer contribution per active participant$8,488
Average account balance$403,085
Benefits paid to participants$60,757,611
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$555.9M · 1,379 accts · $6.3M emplr
2023$527.8M · 1,376 accts · $5.7M emplr
2022$472.6M · 1,351 accts · $5.4M emplr
The Vinson & Elkins L.L.P. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$8,488
Median for plans this size$4,294
2024$8,488 per active participant
2023$7,258 per active participant
2022$7,144 per active participant

Vinson & Elkins L.L.P.'s 2024 employer contribution ran above the $4,294 median for plans its size, placing it in the top 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 · 20246
THE VANGUARD GROUP, INC. · Recordkeeping · Custodial (securities)$71,386
MERCER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT$425,451
VANGUARD ADVISERS INC. · Investment advisory (participants)$123,412
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP · Accounting / audit$83,880
NEPC, LLC$55,809
MERCER U.S. LLC · Accounting / audit$9,940

Compensation shown is direct payments from plan assets reported on Schedule C. Providers paid through fund revenue-sharing appear as indirect.

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Vanguard
2023Vanguard

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Administrative cost history3
2024$795,651 · 0.15%
2023$958,794 · 0.19%
2022$988,495 · 0.19%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 741183015 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.