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Abec, Inc.401(k)

ABEC, INC. 401(K) LONG TERM SALARY SAVINGS PLAN · BETHLEHEM, PA · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.06%

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

Abec, Inc. reported $17,225 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.06% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,859 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 3 years on file its reported administrative ratio has held roughly steady near 0.09%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 26,779 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 1,168th-largest of 3,651 plans among Pennsylvania employers on file, and the 4,454th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2023, employees put in $2.48 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 391 to 327 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$30,278,883
Participants with balances299
Active participants327
Employer contributions$607,894
Employee contributions$1,509,145
Employer contribution per active participant$1,859
Average account balance$101,267
Benefits paid to participants$3,724,379
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$30.2M · 291 accts · $153K emplr
2023$30.3M · 299 accts · $608K emplr
2022$26.6M · 342 accts · $616K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Recordkeeping & contract admin$5,975
Investment management$11,250
Total administrative$17,225
The Abec, Inc. 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$1,859
Median for plans this size$2,440
2024$398 per active participant
2023$1,859 per active participant
2022$1,576 per active participant

Abec, Inc.'s 2023 employer contribution ran below the $2,440 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.

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Annual cost at the plan's reported 2023 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20232
AMS CONSULTING$11,250

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$27,900 · 0.09%
2023$17,225 · 0.06%
2022$27,875 · 0.10%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 231988546 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.