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Buck Design, LLC401(k)

BUCK DESIGN, LLC. 401(K) PENSION PLAN · LOS ANGELES, CA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.04%

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

Buck Design, LLC reported $6,874 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.04% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,712 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 0.02% to 0.04%. 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 3,524th-largest of 9,483 plans among California employers on file, and the 5,401st of 11,654 in professional & technical services. In 2024, employees put in $5.44 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$20,852,736
Participants with balances401
Active participants378
Employer contributions$647,178
Employee contributions$3,520,924
Employer contribution per active participant$1,712
Average account balance$52,002
Benefits paid to participants$847,737
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorPLANCHECK CPA'S LLC
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$20.9M · 401 accts · $647K emplr
2023$14.3M · 338 accts
2022$9.1M · 318 accts
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$6,874
Total administrative$6,874
The Buck Design, LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,712
Median for plans this size$2,416

Buck Design, 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.

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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
ADP, INC. · Loan processing · Recordkeeping$6,874
ADP BROKER-DEALERindirect 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
2024ADP
2023ADP

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Administrative cost history3
2024$6,874 · 0.04%
2023$6,146 · 0.05%
2022$2,037 · 0.02%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 474568608 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.