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Brown & Joseph, LLC401(k)

BROWN & JOSEPH, LLC 401(K) RETIREMENT PLAN · ITASCA, IL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.21%

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

Brown & Joseph, LLC reported $71,411 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.21% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $1,457 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 0.42% to 0.21%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other professional & technical services employers. By assets it is the 973rd-largest of 3,702 plans among Illinois employers on file, and the 2,927th of 11,654 in professional & technical services. In 2024, employees put in $2.03 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 209 to 1,561 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$46,367,857
Participants with balances1,057
Active participants1,561
Employer contributions$2,274,527
Employee contributions$4,626,934
Employer contribution per active participant$1,457
Average account balance$43,867
Benefits paid to participants$5,161,764
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$46.4M · 1,057 accts · $2.3M emplr
2023$22.4M · 56 accts · $309K emplr
2022$1.2M · 143 accts · $273K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$71,411
Total administrative$71,411
The Brown & Joseph, LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,457
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$1,457 per active participant
2023$300 per active participant
2022$1,308 per active participant

Brown & Joseph, LLC's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 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 · 20241
JOHN HANCOCK USA · Recordkeeping · Investment management$51,653

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$71,411 · 0.21%
2023$1,715 · 0.01%
2022$4,190 · 0.42%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 824103407 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.