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Wakemed403(b)

WAKEMED RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN · RALEIGH, NC · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.10%

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

Wakemed reported $1,345,884 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.10% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $3,211 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 0.08% to 0.10%. The plan sits in the over $1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 1,229 comparable plans and shown alongside other health care & social assistance employers. By assets it is the 34th-largest of 2,005 plans among North Carolina employers on file, and the 123rd of 11,911 in health care & social assistance. In 2024, employees put in $1.63 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$1,442,148,441
Participants with balances15,626
Active participants12,421
Employer contributions$39,888,337
Employee contributions$65,066,258
Employer contribution per active participant$3,211
Average account balance$92,292
Benefits paid to participants$109,037,894
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$1.4B · 15,626 accts · $39.9M emplr
2023$1.2B · 15,694 accts · $42.0M emplr
2022$1.1B · 16,453 accts · $39.8M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$505,861
Investment management$840,023
Total administrative$1,345,884
Employer contributions to the Wakemed plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$3,211
Median for plans this size$5,259
2024$3,211 per active participant
2023$3,784 per active participant
2022$3,383 per active participant

Wakemed's 2024 employer contribution ran below 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 · 20245
TRANSAMERICA RETIREMENT SOLUTIONS · Claims processing · Recordkeepingindirect comp
STRATEGIC ADVISORS, INC · Investment advisory (plan)$840,167
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INST OP · Loan processing$505,861
VALIC RETIREMENT SERVICES CO. · Custodial (securities) · Insurance servicesindirect comp
NATIONAL FINANCIAL SERVICES · Securities brokerageindirect comp

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Transamerica
2023Transamerica

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Administrative cost history3
2024$1,345,884 · 0.10%
2023$565,448 · 0.05%
2022$974,904 · 0.08%
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Novant Health, Inc. NC$2.5B · 0.11%
Fortrea Inc. NC$606.0M · 0.11%
Caromont Health, Inc. NC$510.8M · 0.01%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 566017737 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.