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9DOT Education Solutions, LLC401(k)

9DOT 401(K) PLAN · PASADENA, CA · plan year 2025

Reported admin expense ratio · 2025
0.42%

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

9DOT Education Solutions, LLC reported $482,715 in plan administrative expenses for 2025: 0.42% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $2,269 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 4 years on file its reported administrative ratio has held roughly steady near 0.42%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 605 comparable plans and shown alongside other educational services employers. By assets it is the 821st-largest of 9,483 plans among California employers on file, and the 431st of 3,091 in educational services. In 2025, employees put in $2.37 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 743 to 1,779 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$127,329,141
Participants with balances2,258
Active participants1,779
Employer contributions$4,037,022
Employee contributions$9,577,466
Employer contribution per active participant$2,269
Average account balance$56,390
Benefits paid to participants$5,729,080
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$127.3M · 2,258 accts · $4.0M emplr
2024$101.7M · 2,104 accts · $3.8M emplr
2023$53.5M · 2,161 accts · $4.6M emplr
2022$40.9M · 1,125 accts · $1.2M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2025
Recordkeeping & contract admin$482,715
Total administrative$482,715
The 9DOT Education Solutions, LLC 401(k) match · 2025
Employer contribution per active participant$2,269
Median for plans this size$4,093
2025$2,269 per active participant
2024$1,889 per active participant
2023$2,375 per active participant
2022$1,606 per active participant

9DOT Education Solutions, LLC's 2025 employer contribution ran below the $4,093 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 2025 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20256
EMPOWER ADVISORY GROUP, LLC · Investment management$111,290
NOVA 401(K) ASSOCIATES · Contract administrator$48,201
3 38 INVESTMENT FIDUCIARIES INC · Investment advisory (plan)$33,376
PENSION ASSURANCE LLP$16,000
KESTRA INVESTMENT SERVICES 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 history4
2025$482,715 · 0.42%
2024$283,077 · 0.36%
2023$192,411 · 0.41%
2022$191,737 · 0.44%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 371663300 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.