Plan Ledger DOL Form 5500 · updated monthly

America's Back Office, Inc.401(k)

ABO 401(K) PLAN · STERLING HEIGHTS, MI · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.97%

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

America's Back Office, Inc. reported $688,171 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.97% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $665 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 fell from 1.02% to 0.97%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other administrative & support services employers. By assets it is the 360th-largest of 2,619 plans among Michigan employers on file, and the 196th of 2,534 in administrative & support services. In 2024, employees put in $2.96 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 3,728 to 4,275 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$80,195,733
Participants with balances2,528
Active participants4,275
Employer contributions$2,843,631
Employee contributions$8,410,665
Employer contribution per active participant$665
Average account balance$31,723
Benefits paid to participants$12,169,140
Plan auditDisclaimer of opinion
AuditorJASON F. CLAUSEN, P.C.
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$80.2M · 2,528 accts · $2.8M emplr
2023$62.0M · 1,753 accts · $2.7M emplr
2022$44.8M · 2,047 accts · $2.0M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$688,171
Total administrative$688,171
The America's Back Office, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$665
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$665 per active participant
2023$688 per active participant
2022$535 per active participant

America's Back Office, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $3,635 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 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20245
TRANSAMERICA FINANCIAL LIFE INS CO. · Recordkeeping · Loan processing$376,298
THE RETIREMENT ADVANTAGE, INC. · Recordkeeping · Loan processing$96,837
AMERITAS LIFE INSURANCE CORP · Claims processing · Contract administrator$17,249
MMA SECURITIES LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$155,682
JASON F CLAUSEN PC · Accounting / audit$13,484

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Ameritas, THE RETIREMENT ADVANTAGE, INC., Transamerica
2023THE RETIREMENT ADVANTAGE, INC., Transamerica

This plan has changed recordkeepers within these filings. If you left America's Back Office, Inc. before a switch, your account may sit at the earlier firm or in a rollover IRA. Looking for an account from a past job here? How to find an old 401(k).

Administrative cost history3
2024$688,171 · 0.97%
2023$602,659 · 1.13%
2022$461,330 · 1.02%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 474975107 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.