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Cascade Engineering Services, Inc.401(k)

CASCADE ENGINEERING SERVICES, INC. 401(K) PLAN · REDMOND, WA · plan year 2018

Reported admin expense ratio · 2018
0.51%

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

Cascade Engineering Services, Inc. reported $23,622 in plan administrative expenses for 2018: 0.51% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $0 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 4 years on file its reported administrative ratio fell from 0.51% to 0.48%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 122 comparable plans and shown alongside other professional & technical services employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Washington (1,399th of 1,714), and 10,062nd of 11,654 in professional & technical services.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$4,305,382
Participants with balances62
Active participants98
Employer contributions$0
Employee contributions$191,816
Employer contribution per active participant$0
Average account balance$69,442
Benefits paid to participants$595,843
Plan auditDisclaimer of opinion
AuditorSMITH & DEKAY PS
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2022$2.9M · 66 accts
2019$3.9M · 56 accts
2018$4.3M · 62 accts
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2018
Recordkeeping & contract admin$23,072
Investment management$550
Total administrative$23,622
The Cascade Engineering Services, Inc. 401(k) match · 2018
Employer contribution per active participant$0
Median for plans this size$880

Cascade Engineering Services, Inc.'s 2018 employer contribution ran below the $880 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 2018 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Administrative cost history3
2022$16,848 · 0.48%
2019$19,351 · 0.47%
2018$23,622 · 0.51%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 911973189 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.