Bernstein Shur Sawyer & Nelson P.A.401(k)
BERNSTEIN SHUR SAWYER & NELSON P.A. 401(K) PLAN · PORTLAND, ME · plan year 2024
Peer grade: A · admin costs + employer contributions vs same-size plans · how grading works
Bernstein Shur Sawyer & Nelson P.A. reported $22,717 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.02% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $12,022 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 0.04% to 0.02%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other professional & technical services employers. By assets it is the 29th-largest of 354 plans among Maine employers on file, and the 1,142nd of 11,654 in professional & technical services. In 2024, employees put in $1.17 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 230 to 201 since 2022.
Bernstein Shur Sawyer & Nelson P.A.'s 2024 employer contribution ran above the $3,635 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.
Annual cost at the plan's reported 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.
Compensation shown is direct payments from plan assets reported on Schedule C. Providers paid through fund revenue-sharing appear as indirect.
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 010378211 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.