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California Pizza Kitchen, Inc.401(k)

CALIFORNIA PIZZA KITCHEN, INC. RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN · COSTA MESA, CA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.32%

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

California Pizza Kitchen, Inc. reported $84,634 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.32% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $18 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 0.44% to 0.32%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other accommodation & food services employers. By assets it is the 2,914th-largest of 9,483 plans among California employers on file, and the 230th of 2,240 in accommodation & food services. In 2024, employees put in $8.62 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$26,858,421
Participants with balances813
Active participants6,505
Employer contributions$120,000
Employee contributions$1,034,698
Employer contribution per active participant$18
Average account balance$33,036
Benefits paid to participants$2,978,133
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$26.9M · 813 accts · $120K emplr
2023$25.9M · 540 accts
2022$24.8M · 648 accts
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$57,134
Investment management$27,500
Total administrative$84,634
The California Pizza Kitchen, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$18
Median for plans this size$2,416

California Pizza Kitchen, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 median for plans its size, in the bottom 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 · 20242
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$57,134
MERCER INVESTMENTS LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$27,500

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$84,634 · 0.32%
2023$141,912 · 0.56%
2022$123,027 · 0.44%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 954040623 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.