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Boston Shipping Association, Inc.401(k)

BSA-ILA RETIREMENT ACCOUNT PLAN · CHARLESTOWN, MA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.18%

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

Boston Shipping Association, Inc. reported $105,953 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.18% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $8,073 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 0.28% to 0.18%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other transportation & warehousing employers. By assets it is the 601st-largest of 2,726 plans among Massachusetts employers on file, and the 334th of 2,677 in transportation & warehousing.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$61,822,313
Participants with balances397
Active participants386
Employer contributions$3,116,096
Employee contributions—
Employer contribution per active participant$8,073
Average account balance$155,724
Benefits paid to participants$1,842,737
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorWALTER & SHUFFAIN, P.C.
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$61.8M · 397 accts · $3.1M emplr
2023$52.8M · 391 accts · $2.0M emplr
2022$42.4M · 388 accts · $1.8M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$5,836
Investment management$56,743
Audit (IQPA)$25,000
Total administrative$105,953
The Boston Shipping Association, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$8,073
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$8,073 per active participant
2023$5,396 per active participant
2022$4,867 per active participant

Boston Shipping Association, Inc.'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.

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 · 20245
FIDELITY INVESTMENT INSTL OPERATION · Loan processing$31,743
WALTER & SHUFFAIN, P.C.$25,000
GLOBAL RETIREMENT PARTNERS LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$25,000
CHUBB INC HOLDINGS INC · Insurance services$13,191
BOSTON SHIPPING ASSOC. · Contract administrator$5,836

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$105,953 · 0.18%
2023$110,238 · 0.23%
2022$110,009 · 0.28%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 042034907 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.