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Bates Trucking Co Inc401(k)

BATES TRUCKING CO INC 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN & TRUST · BLADENSBURG, MD · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.85%

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

Bates Trucking Co Inc reported $20,358 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.85% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $987 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 has held roughly steady near 0.85%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 22,307 comparable plans and shown alongside other administrative & support services employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Maryland (1,477th of 1,671), and 1,824th of 2,534 in administrative & support services. In 2023, employees put in $1.63 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$2,617,007
Participants with balances243
Active participants175
Employer contributions$172,764
Employee contributions$282,252
Employer contribution per active participant$987
Average account balance$10,770
Benefits paid to participants$314,825
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorBENEFIT AUDIT GROUP, LLC
Plan history2
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2023$2.6M · 243 accts · $173K emplr
2022$2.2M · 225 accts · $147K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Recordkeeping & contract admin$8,727
Investment management$10,671
Trustee / custodial$960
Total administrative$20,358
The Bates Trucking Co Inc 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$987
Median for plans this size$1,308
2023$987 per active participant
2022$761 per active participant

Bates Trucking Co Inc's 2023 employer contribution ran below the $1,308 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 2023 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20232
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER · Investment advisory (plan) · Recordkeeping$10,539
PAYCHEX, INC. · Investment advisory (plan) · Recordkeeping$8,890

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

Administrative cost history2
2023$20,358 · 0.85%
2022$21,917 · 0.87%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 521229796 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.