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Berry Appleman & Leiden LLP401(k)

BAL RETIREMENT PLAN · SAN FRANCISCO, CA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.00%

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

Berry Appleman & Leiden LLP reported $2,266 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.00% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $2,881 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 0.03% to 0.00%. 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 1,008th-largest of 9,483 plans among California employers on file, and the 1,524th of 11,654 in professional & technical services. In 2024, employees put in $2.79 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 1,423 to 1,019 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$99,120,588
Participants with balances1,489
Active participants1,019
Employer contributions$2,936,021
Employee contributions$8,191,479
Employer contribution per active participant$2,881
Average account balance$66,569
Benefits paid to participants$17,530,874
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$99.1M · 1,489 accts · $2.9M emplr
2023$92.7M · 1,878 accts · $2.8M emplr
2022$76.5M · 2,013 accts · $2.9M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$2,266
Total administrative$2,266
The Berry Appleman & Leiden LLP 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,881
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$2,881 per active participant
2023$2,827 per active participant
2022$2,027 per active participant

Berry Appleman & Leiden LLP's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $3,635 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
T ROWE PRICE RPS INC · Recordkeeping · Trustee$50,112
NATIONAL FINANCIAL SERVICES · Securities brokerageindirect comp

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024T. Rowe Price
2023Transamerica

This plan has changed recordkeepers within these filings. If you left Berry Appleman & Leiden LLP before a switch, your account may sit at the earlier firm or in a rollover IRA. Looking for an account from a past job here? How to find an old 401(k).

Administrative cost history3
2024$2,266 · 0.00%
2023$29,327 · 0.03%
2022$22,558 · 0.03%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 943068076 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.