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Associated Eye Care, LTD.401(k)

ASSOCIATED EYE CARE, LTD. EMPLOYEES' PROFIT SHARING PLAN · STILLWATER, MN · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.02%

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

Associated Eye Care, LTD. reported $6,360 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.02% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $2,123 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 0.024% to 0.022%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other health care & social assistance employers. By assets it is the 684th-largest of 1,918 plans among Minnesota employers on file, and the 2,701st of 11,911 in health care & social assistance. In 2024, employees put in $2.54 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 191 to 244 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$30,967,808
Participants with balances363
Active participants244
Employer contributions$518,090
Employee contributions$1,314,575
Employer contribution per active participant$2,123
Average account balance$85,311
Benefits paid to participants$1,010,441
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorHANCOCK & ROBINSON CPA
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$31.0M · 363 accts · $518K emplr
2023$26.3M · 292 accts · $402K emplr
2022$21.3M · 272 accts · $373K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$5,860
Total administrative$6,360
The Associated Eye Care, LTD. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,123
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$2,123 per active participant
2023$1,696 per active participant
2022$1,952 per active participant

Associated Eye Care, LTD.'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 · 20242
MURRAY FINANCIAL GROUP, LLCindirect comp
ASCENSUS · Other servicesindirect comp

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$6,360 · 0.02%
2023$9,120 · 0.04%
2022$5,770 · 0.02%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 411000647 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.