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Advanced Engineering and Environmental Services, LLC401(k)

ADVANCED ENGINEERING AND ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, LLC PROFIT SHARING 401(K) PLAN · GRAND FORKS, ND · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.09%

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

Advanced Engineering and Environmental Services, LLC reported $72,989 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.09% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $4,222 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 0.090%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other professional & technical services employers. By assets it is the 35th-largest of 279 plans among North Dakota employers on file, and the 1,733rd of 11,654 in professional & technical services. In 2024, employees put in $2.26 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$85,959,819
Participants with balances411
Active participants329
Employer contributions$1,389,123
Employee contributions$3,136,672
Employer contribution per active participant$4,222
Average account balance$209,148
Benefits paid to participants$6,475,177
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$86.0M · 411 accts · $1.4M emplr
2023$76.1M · 398 accts · $1.3M emplr
2022$61.2M · 376 accts · $1.2M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$3,229
Investment management$20,000
Trustee / custodial$49,760
Total administrative$72,989
The Advanced Engineering and Environmental Services, LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$4,222
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$4,222 per active participant
2023$4,164 per active participant
2022$3,851 per active participant

Advanced Engineering and Environmental Services, LLC's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $3,635 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
ALERUS FINANCIAL, N.A. · Recordkeeping · Trustee$52,989
ALERUS INVESTMENT ADVISORS, INC. · Investment advisory (participants) · Investment advisory (plan)$20,000

Compensation shown is direct payments from plan assets reported on Schedule C. Providers paid through fund revenue-sharing appear as indirect.

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Alerus
2023Alerus

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Administrative cost history3
2024$72,989 · 0.09%
2023$62,046 · 0.09%
2022$59,008 · 0.09%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 450422908 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.