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Bricker Graydon LLP401(k)

BRICKER & ECKLER LLP 401(K) PLAN · COLUMBUS, OH · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.09%

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

Bricker Graydon LLP reported $125,477 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.09% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $14,888 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 rose from 0.05% to 0.09%. 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 212th-largest of 3,295 plans among Ohio employers on file, and the 806th of 11,654 in professional & technical services. In 2024, the employer put in $1.18 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves; active participation has grown from 211 to 341 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$198,835,198
Participants with balances490
Active participants341
Employer contributions$5,076,874
Employee contributions$4,292,508
Employer contribution per active participant$14,888
Average account balance$405,786
Benefits paid to participants$22,540,946
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorMELLOTT & MELLOTT PLL
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$198.8M · 490 accts · $5.1M emplr
2023$106.5M · 271 accts · $2.6M emplr
2022$110.4M · 305 accts · $2.2M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$37,865
Investment management$39,396
Audit (IQPA)$10,250
Total administrative$125,477
The Bricker Graydon LLP 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$14,888
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$14,888 per active participant
2023$13,530 per active participant
2022$10,485 per active participant

Bricker Graydon LLP'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 · 20244
EMPOWER ADVISORY GROUP, LLC · Investment management$39,396
FIFTH THIRD BANK RETIREMENT SERVICE · Trustee (directed)$37,966
GBQ PARTNERS · Accounting / audit$10,250

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$125,477 · 0.09%
2023$69,176 · 0.06%
2022$67,851 · 0.05%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 314359739 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.