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Candela Corporation401(k)

CANDELA 401(K) PLAN · MARLBOROGH, MA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.20%

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

Candela Corporation reported $128,041 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.20% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $3,899 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 0.08% to 0.20%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 559th-largest of 2,726 plans among Massachusetts employers on file, and the 2,524th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $3.79 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 423 to 373 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$67,803,885
Participants with balances628
Active participants373
Employer contributions$1,454,326
Employee contributions$5,514,406
Employer contribution per active participant$3,899
Average account balance$107,968
Benefits paid to participants$8,388,310
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$67.8M · 628 accts · $1.5M emplr
2023$60.7M · 653 accts · $1.5M emplr
2022$47.0M · 656 accts · $1.4M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$62,647
Investment management$51,021
Audit (IQPA)$14,373
Total administrative$128,041
The Candela Corporation 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$3,899
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$3,899 per active participant
2023$3,715 per active participant
2022$3,406 per active participant

Candela Corporation's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $3,635 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 · 20243
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$62,647
TWELVE POINTS WEALTH MANAGEMENT LL · Investment advisory (plan)$51,021
TAWNEY, PLLC · Accounting / audit$14,373

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$128,041 · 0.20%
2023$111,768 · 0.21%
2022$37,714 · 0.08%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 042477008 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.