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Carter-Jones Companies, Inc.401(k)

CARTER-JONES COMPANIES 401(K) RETIREMENT PLAN · KENT, OH · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.10%

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

Carter-Jones Companies, Inc. reported $148,316 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.10% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $727 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 0.13% to 0.10%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other retail trade employers. By assets it is the 253rd-largest of 3,295 plans among Ohio employers on file, and the 244th of 5,215 in retail trade. In 2024, employees put in $5.28 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 3,570 to 3,953 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$167,413,195
Participants with balances5,964
Active participants3,953
Employer contributions$2,874,277
Employee contributions$15,181,577
Employer contribution per active participant$727
Average account balance$28,071
Benefits paid to participants$9,774,343
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$167.4M · 5,964 accts · $2.9M emplr
2023$142.6M · 5,503 accts · $2.7M emplr
2022$116.4M · 4,973 accts · $2.5M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$82,477
Trustee / custodial$65,839
Total administrative$148,316
The Carter-Jones Companies, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$727
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$727 per active participant
2023$724 per active participant
2022$696 per active participant

Carter-Jones Companies, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $3,635 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
USI CONSULTING GROUP$82,477
CHARLES SCHWAB · Custodial (securities) · Trustee$65,839

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$148,316 · 0.10%
2023$107,419 · 0.08%
2022$156,930 · 0.13%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 341128274 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.