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Western Asset Management Company, LLC401(k)

THE WESTERN ASSET MANAGEMENT 401(K) PLAN · PASADENA, CA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.03%

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

Western Asset Management Company, LLC reported $118,451 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.03% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $10,296 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 0.03%. The plan sits in the $250M–$1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 2,883 comparable plans and shown alongside other finance & insurance employers. By assets it is the 338th-largest of 9,483 plans among California employers on file, and the 374th of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2024, employees put in $2.11 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 558 to 466 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$384,853,444
Participants with balances758
Active participants466
Employer contributions$4,797,988
Employee contributions$10,120,006
Employer contribution per active participant$10,296
Average account balance$507,722
Benefits paid to participants$21,602,525
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$384.9M · 758 accts · $4.8M emplr
2023$337.5M · 793 accts · $5.4M emplr
2022$291.7M · 842 accts · $9.8M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$52,629
Investment management$65,000
Total administrative$118,451
The Western Asset Management Company, LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$10,296
Median for plans this size$4,294
2024$10,296 per active participant
2023$10,899 per active participant
2022$17,646 per active participant

Western Asset Management Company, LLC'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 · 20242
MERRILL LYNCH PIERCE FENNER SMITH · Recordkeeping · Investment management$61,550
MMA SECURITIES · Investment advisory (plan)$65,000

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Bank of America / Merrill
2023Bank of America / Merrill

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Administrative cost history3
2024$118,451 · 0.03%
2023$123,333 · 0.04%
2022$124,693 · 0.04%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 952705767 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.