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3E Company Environmental, Ecological and Engineering401(k)

3E RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN · CARLSBAD, CA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.07%

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

3E Company Environmental, Ecological and Engineering reported $18,754 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.07% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $7,924 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 0.05% to 0.07%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other professional & technical services employers. By assets it is the 2,615th-largest of 9,483 plans among California employers on file, and the 4,061st of 11,654 in professional & technical services. In 2024, employees put in $1.49 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$31,021,712
Participants with balances364
Active participants307
Employer contributions$2,432,747
Employee contributions$3,627,417
Employer contribution per active participant$7,924
Average account balance$85,224
Benefits paid to participants$2,648,546
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$31.0M · 364 accts · $2.4M emplr
2023$23.1M · 370 accts · $2.3M emplr
2022$13.8M · 296 accts · $1.2M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$18,754
Total administrative$18,754
The 3E Company Environmental, Ecological and Engineering 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$7,924
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$7,924 per active participant
2023$6,457 per active participant
2022$3,753 per active participant

3E Company Environmental, Ecological and Engineering's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $2,416 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 · 20241
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator · Loan processing$18,614

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$18,754 · 0.07%
2023$16,410 · 0.09%
2022$7,331 · 0.05%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 810551631 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.