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Applied Engineering Solutions, Inc.401(k)

APPLIED ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS, INC. 401(K) PLAN · GREENVILLE, SC · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.35%

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

Applied Engineering Solutions, Inc. reported $66,977 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.35% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $3,306 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 0.03% to 0.35%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other professional & technical services employers. By assets it is the 279th-largest of 807 plans among South Carolina employers on file, and the 5,664th of 11,654 in professional & technical services. In 2024, employees put in $2.92 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$19,426,775
Participants with balances178
Active participants112
Employer contributions$370,291
Employee contributions$1,081,142
Employer contribution per active participant$3,306
Average account balance$109,139
Benefits paid to participants$2,872,979
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$19.4M · 178 accts · $370K emplr
2023$18.4M · 175 accts · $1.1M emplr
2022$15.0M · 171 accts · $353K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$33,104
Investment management$33,624
Total administrative$66,977
The Applied Engineering Solutions, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$3,306
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$3,306 per active participant
2023$10,254 per active participant
2022$3,240 per active participant

Applied Engineering Solutions, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran above the $2,416 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
VOYA RETIREMENT INSURANCE & ANNUITY · Investment advisory (participants)$55,227
CAPTRUST$11,750

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$66,977 · 0.35%
2023$54,032 · 0.32%
2022$5,269 · 0.03%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 571069096 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.