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Carter Motors, Inc.401(k)

CARTER MOTORS, INC. 401(K) PLAN · SEATTLE, WA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.78%

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

Carter Motors, Inc. reported $93,865 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.78% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,428 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 0.96% to 0.78%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other retail trade employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Washington (916th of 1,714), and the 2,123rd of 5,215 in retail trade. In 2024, employees put in $3.43 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 261 to 327 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$13,084,138
Participants with balances362
Active participants327
Employer contributions$466,936
Employee contributions$1,601,194
Employer contribution per active participant$1,428
Average account balance$36,144
Benefits paid to participants$1,639,472
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$13.1M · 362 accts · $467K emplr
2023$11.0M · 298 accts
2022$8.8M · 272 accts
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$53,806
Investment management$40,059
Total administrative$93,865
The Carter Motors, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,428
Median for plans this size$2,416

Carter Motors, Inc.'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.

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.

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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$93,865 · 0.78%
2023$90,347 · 0.91%
2022$89,979 · 0.96%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 910721708 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.