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Charles County School Bus Contractors AssociationMoney purchase plan

CHARLES COUNTY SCHOOL BUS CONTRACTORS ASSOC. RETIREMENT PLAN · PORT TOBACCO, MD · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
1.19%

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

Charles County School Bus Contractors Association reported $32,767 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 1.19% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $579 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 2.44% to 1.19%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other transportation & warehousing employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Maryland (1,454th of 1,671), and 1,959th of 2,677 in transportation & warehousing. In 2024, the employer put in $5.11 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$2,890,234
Participants with balances353
Active participants339
Employer contributions$196,248
Employee contributions$38,426
Employer contribution per active participant$579
Average account balance$8,188
Benefits paid to participants$170,659
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorKIMBERLY F. PALMISANO, CPA, P.A.
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$2.9M · 353 accts · $196K emplr
2023$2.6M · 346 accts · $213K emplr
2022$2.5M · 385 accts · $227K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$24,128
Trustee / custodial$8,639
Total administrative$32,767
Employer contributions to the Charles County School Bus Contractors Association plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$579
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$579 per active participant
2023$611 per active participant
2022$650 per active participant

Charles County School Bus Contractors Association's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $1,313 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 · 20243
LONG ISLAND EMPLOYEE BENEFITS GROUP · Recordkeeping · Other services$22,459
NATIONWIDE · Recordkeeping · Investment advisory (participants)$8,639
LPL FINANCIAL LLC · Investment advisory (plan)indirect comp

Compensation shown is direct payments from plan assets reported on Schedule C. Providers paid through fund revenue-sharing appear as indirect.

Recordkeeper by year2
2024LONG ISLAND EMPLOYEE BENEFITS GROUP, Nationwide
2023LONG ISLAND EMPLOYEE BENEFITS GROUP, Nationwide

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Administrative cost history3
2024$32,767 · 1.19%
2023$32,238 · 1.26%
2022$59,105 · 2.44%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 521659476 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.