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Western Midstream Services, LLC401(k)

WESTERN MIDSTREAM SAVINGS PLAN · THE WOODLANDS, TX · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.11%

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

Western Midstream Services, LLC reported $257,727 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.11% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $18,074 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 0.14% to 0.11%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other mining, oil & gas extraction employers. By assets it is the 317th-largest of 5,688 plans among Texas employers on file, and the 54th of 612 in mining, oil & gas extraction. In 2024, the employer put in $1.58 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves; active participation has grown from 1,197 to 1,516 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$269,168,855
Participants with balances1,712
Active participants1,516
Employer contributions$27,400,113
Employee contributions$17,393,174
Employer contribution per active participant$18,074
Average account balance$157,225
Benefits paid to participants$22,469,324
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$269.2M · 1,712 accts · $27.4M emplr
2023$209.8M · 1,549 accts · $24.5M emplr
2022$149.5M · 1,323 accts · $21.9M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$125,404
Investment management$132,323
Total administrative$257,727
The Western Midstream Services, LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$18,074
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$18,074 per active participant
2023$17,899 per active participant
2022$18,304 per active participant

Western Midstream Services, LLC's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $3,635 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
STRATEGIC ADVISORS, INC. · Investment advisory (participants)$132,323
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing · Participant communication$125,404

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$257,727 · 0.11%
2023$214,694 · 0.12%
2022$210,637 · 0.14%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 842835090 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.