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Acoustic Sounds401(k)

ACOUSTIC SOUNDS 401(K) PLAN · SALINA, KS · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
1.04%

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

Acoustic Sounds reported $21,766 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 1.04% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $952 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 0.31% to 1.04%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other information & media employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Kansas (747th of 828), and 2,069th of 2,199 in information & media. In 2024, employees put in $1.26 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$2,271,134
Participants with balances121
Active participants130
Employer contributions$123,814
Employee contributions$155,679
Employer contribution per active participant$952
Average account balance$18,770
Benefits paid to participants$148,774
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorADAMSBROWN, LLC
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$2.3M · 121 accts · $124K emplr
2023$1.9M · 141 accts · $138K emplr
2022$1.5M · 148 accts · $108K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$21,766
Total administrative$21,766
The Acoustic Sounds 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$952
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$952 per active participant
2023$1,173 per active participant
2022$792 per active participant

Acoustic Sounds's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $1,313 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.

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
PENTEGRA SERVICES INC · Contract administrator$7,516

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$21,766 · 1.04%
2023$3,473 · 0.20%
2022$4,199 · 0.31%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 481212018 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.