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Barghausen Consulting Engineers, Inc.401(k)

BARGHAUSEN CONSULTING ENGINEERS, INC. 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN & TRUST · KENT, WA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.35%

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

Barghausen Consulting Engineers, Inc. reported $109,372 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.35% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $7,980 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 0.38% 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 466th-largest of 1,714 plans among Washington employers on file, and the 3,703rd of 11,654 in professional & technical services. In 2024, employees put in $1.03 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 192 to 234 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$34,768,042
Participants with balances314
Active participants234
Employer contributions$1,867,272
Employee contributions$1,916,234
Employer contribution per active participant$7,980
Average account balance$110,726
Benefits paid to participants$1,370,749
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$34.8M · 314 accts · $1.9M emplr
2023$27.9M · 247 accts · $1.6M emplr
2022$21.3M · 262 accts · $1.3M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$109,372
Total administrative$109,372
The Barghausen Consulting Engineers, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$7,980
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$7,980 per active participant
2023$9,078 per active participant
2022$6,917 per active participant

Barghausen Consulting Engineers, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran above the $2,416 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 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

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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$109,372 · 0.35%
2023$88,521 · 0.36%
2022$85,475 · 0.38%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 911192493 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.