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Cardinal Law Group, LTD401(k)

CARDINAL LAW GROUP, LTD RETIREMENT PLAN · EVANSTON, IL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.04%

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

Cardinal Law Group, LTD reported $8,044 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.04% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $951 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 0.03% 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 1,616th-largest of 3,702 plans among Illinois employers on file, and the 5,181st of 11,654 in professional & technical services. In 2024, employees put in $7.99 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 183 to 162 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$22,087,836
Participants with balances227
Active participants162
Employer contributions$154,060
Employee contributions$1,231,248
Employer contribution per active participant$951
Average account balance$97,303
Benefits paid to participants$219,767
AuditorMILLER COOPER & CO., LTD
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$22.1M · 227 accts · $154K emplr
2023$18.3M · 247 accts · $138K emplr
2022$15.2M · 249 accts · $178K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$3,253
Investment management$4,791
Total administrative$8,044
The Cardinal Law Group, LTD 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$951
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$951 per active participant
2023$911 per active participant
2022$975 per active participant

Cardinal Law Group, LTD'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.

Administrative cost history3
2024$8,044 · 0.04%
2023$13,695 · 0.08%
2022$5,506 · 0.03%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 208348338 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.