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Area Energy & Electric, Inc.401(k)

AREA ENERGY & ELECTRIC, INC. PROFIT SHARING PLAN · SIDNEY, OH · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.14%

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

Area Energy & Electric, Inc. reported $51,101 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.14% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $1,423 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 0.141%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other construction employers. By assets it is the 800th-largest of 3,295 plans among Ohio employers on file, and the 1,278th of 5,337 in construction. In 2024, employees put in $5.29 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$38,557,111
Participants with balances399
Active participants352
Employer contributions$501,019
Employee contributions$2,648,903
Employer contribution per active participant$1,423
Average account balance$96,634
Benefits paid to participants$1,782,760
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorFLAGEL HUBER FLAGEL & CO
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$38.6M · 399 accts · $501K emplr
2023$34.0M · 404 accts · $442K emplr
2022$28.9M · 398 accts · $417K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$1,115
Investment management$37,186
Audit (IQPA)$12,800
Total administrative$51,101
The Area Energy & Electric, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,423
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$1,423 per active participant
2023$1,240 per active participant
2022$1,192 per active participant

Area Energy & Electric, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below 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 · 20243
EVERHART FINANCIAL GROUP INC EVERHA · Investment advisory (plan)$37,186
FLAGEL, HUBER, FLAGEL, AND CO · Accounting / audit$12,800
JPMORGAN INVEST HOLDINGS LLC$1,115

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$51,101 · 0.14%
2023$44,259 · 0.14%
2022$39,638 · 0.14%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 341403836 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.