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Waste Connections, Inc.401(k)

WASTE CONNECTIONS, INC. 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN · THE WOODLAND, TX · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.16%

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

Waste Connections, Inc. reported $1,205,023 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.16% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $2,114 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 3 years on file its reported administrative ratio has held roughly steady near 0.162%. The plan sits in the $250M–$1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 2,883 comparable plans and shown alongside other administrative & support services employers. By assets it is the 145th-largest of 5,688 plans among Texas employers on file, and the 23rd of 2,534 in administrative & support services. In 2024, employees put in $1.52 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$799,348,558
Participants with balances11,557
Active participants17,293
Employer contributions$36,554,946
Employee contributions$55,469,708
Employer contribution per active participant$2,114
Average account balance$69,166
Benefits paid to participants$73,118,278
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$799.3M · 11,557 accts · $36.6M emplr
2023$684.0M · 11,150 accts · $34.2M emplr
2022$552.0M · 10,870 accts · $30.6M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$761,334
Investment management$429,789
Total administrative$1,205,023
The Waste Connections, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,114
Median for plans this size$4,294
2024$2,114 per active participant
2023$2,047 per active participant
2022$1,913 per active participant

Waste Connections, Inc.'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
VOYA RETIREMENT ADVISORS, LLC · Investment advisory (participants)$335,262
MORGAN STANLEY SMITH BARNEY LLCindirect comp

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$1,205,023 · 0.16%
2023$982,255 · 0.16%
2022$928,978 · 0.16%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 680400286 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.