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Cary Academy403(b)

CARY ACADEMY DEFINED CONTRIBUTION RETIREMENT PLAN · CARY, NC · plan year 2022

Reported admin expense ratio · 2022
0.20%

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

Cary Academy reported $83,210 in plan administrative expenses for 2022: 0.20% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $4,741 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.

The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 26,806 comparable plans and shown alongside other educational services employers. By assets it is the 410th-largest of 2,005 plans among North Carolina employers on file, and the 1,003rd of 3,091 in educational services. In 2022, employees put in $1.35 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$44,713,550
Participants with balances315
Active participants169
Employer contributions$801,269
Employee contributions$1,080,261
Employer contribution per active participant$4,741
Average account balance$141,948
Benefits paid to participants$1,137,987
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history2
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2023— · $792K emplr
2022$44.7M · 315 accts · $801K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2022
Recordkeeping & contract admin$83,210
Total administrative$83,210
Employer contributions to the Cary Academy plan · 2022
Employer contribution per active participant$4,741
Median for plans this size$2,266

Cary Academy's 2022 employer contribution ran above the $2,266 median for plans its size, placing it in the top 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 2022 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Administrative cost history2
2023Not separately reported
2022$83,210 · 0.20%
Same employer
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Catawba College NC$46.9M · 0.13%
Warren Wilson College, Inc. NC$41.9M · 0.17%
Mars Hill University NC$41.2M · 0.35%
Johnson C Smith University NC$39.8M · 0.02%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 561934619 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.