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Ascent Aviation Services, LLC401(k)

ASCENT AVIATION SERVICES, LLC 401(K) PLAN · MARANA, AZ · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.60%

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

Ascent Aviation Services, LLC reported $41,994 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.60% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $694 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 0.60%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other transportation & warehousing employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Arizona (689th of 1,285), and 1,356th of 2,677 in transportation & warehousing. In 2024, employees put in $2.05 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$7,452,590
Participants with balances135
Active participants416
Employer contributions$288,532
Employee contributions$591,615
Employer contribution per active participant$694
Average account balance$55,204
Benefits paid to participants$926,076
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorFGMK, LLC
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$7.5M · 135 accts · $289K emplr
2023$6.5M · 115 accts · $168K emplr
2022$5.6M · 119 accts · $162K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$22,961
Investment management$14,725
Trustee / custodial$4,308
Total administrative$41,994
The Ascent Aviation Services, LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$694
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$694 per active participant
2023$455 per active participant
2022$388 per active participant

Ascent Aviation Services, LLC'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
THE RETIREMENT PLAN COMPANY, LLC$22,961
NORTHWEST CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, INC. · Investment advisory (plan)$14,725

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$41,994 · 0.60%
2023$29,824 · 0.49%
2022$35,207 · 0.57%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 860361921 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.