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Wells Fargo & Company401(k) + ESOP (KSOP)

WELLS FARGO & COMPANY 401(K) PLAN · SAN FRANCISCO, CA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.02%

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

Wells Fargo & Company reported $9,818,207 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.02% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $6,154 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 0.00% to 0.02%. The plan sits in the over $1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 1,229 comparable plans and shown alongside other management of companies employers. By assets it is the 1st-largest of 9,483 plans among California employers on file, and the 2nd of 786 in management of companies. In 2024, employees put in $1.70 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 192,694 to 167,176 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$57,886,997,456
Participants with balances247,396
Active participants167,176
Employer contributions$1,028,810,596
Employee contributions$1,744,071,399
Employer contribution per active participant$6,154
Average account balance$233,985
Benefits paid to participants$6,693,817,194
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorKPMG, LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$57.9B · 247,396 accts · $1.0B emplr
2023$51.8B · 279,968 accts · $965.4M emplr
2022$45.3B · 294,396 accts · $1.0B emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$6,345,223
Investment management$3,406,684
Total administrative$9,818,207
The Wells Fargo & Company 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$6,154
Median for plans this size$5,259
2024$6,154 per active participant
2023$5,422 per active participant
2022$5,324 per active participant

Wells Fargo & Company'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 · 20247
EMPOWER ANNUITY INS CO OF AMERICA · Recordkeeping · Loan processing$6,345,223
EMPOWER ADVISORY GROUP, LLC · Investment advisory (participants)$3,406,684
QDRO CONSULTANTS CO LLC · Consulting$66,300
STIFEL, NICOLAUS & COMPANY, INC. · Securities brokerageindirect comp
LAZARD ASSET MANAGEMENT · Investment managementindirect comp
T. ROWE PRICE TRUST COMPANY · Investment managementindirect comp
COMERICA BANK & TRUST, NA · Trustee · Investment managementindirect 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
2024Empower
2023Empower

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Administrative cost history3
2024$9,818,207 · 0.02%
2023$5,455,622 · 0.01%
2022$2,042,387 · 0.00%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 410449260 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.