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Baker Newman & Noyes, LLC401(k)

BAKER NEWMAN & NOYES, LLC 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN · PORTLAND, ME · plan year 2025

Reported admin expense ratio · 2025
0.06%

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

Baker Newman & Noyes, LLC reported $66,008 in plan administrative expenses for 2025: 0.06% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $9,688 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 fell from 0.07% to 0.06%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 605 comparable plans and shown alongside other professional & technical services employers. By assets it is the 32nd-largest of 354 plans among Maine employers on file, and the 1,232nd of 11,654 in professional & technical services. In 2025, employees put in $1.36 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$124,718,583
Participants with balances460
Active participants300
Employer contributions$2,906,262
Employee contributions$3,953,783
Employer contribution per active participant$9,688
Average account balance$271,127
Benefits paid to participants$10,931,298
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorBROWN EDWARDS & CO
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$124.7M · 460 accts · $2.9M emplr
2024$110.7M · 463 accts · $2.7M emplr
2023$100.3M · 436 accts · $2.6M emplr
2022$86.6M · 436 accts · $2.3M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2025
Recordkeeping & contract admin$5,594
Investment management$60,000
Total administrative$66,008
The Baker Newman & Noyes, LLC 401(k) match · 2025
Employer contribution per active participant$9,688
Median for plans this size$4,093
2025$9,688 per active participant
2024$8,440 per active participant
2023$8,595 per active participant
2022$7,400 per active participant

Baker Newman & Noyes, LLC's 2025 employer contribution ran above the $4,093 median for plans its size, placing it in the top 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 2025 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20253
STEWARD PARTNERS HOLDING LLC DBA ST · Investment advisory (plan)$60,000
CAPITAL GROUP RETIREMENT PLAN SVCS. · Trustee (directed) · Other services$5,594
CHARLES SCHWAB & CO., INC. · Securities brokerage$414

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

Administrative cost history4
2025$66,008 · 0.06%
2024$65,991 · 0.06%
2023$64,498 · 0.07%
2022$65,006 · 0.07%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 010494526 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.