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Choptank Electric Cooperative, Inc.401(k)

CHOPTANK ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE 401(K) PLAN · DENTON, MD · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.00%

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

Choptank Electric Cooperative, Inc. reported $3,150 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.00% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $19,963 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 rose from 0.004% to 0.004%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other utilities employers. By assets it is the 225th-largest of 1,671 plans among Maryland employers on file, and the 148th of 412 in utilities. In 2024, the employer put in $2.34 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves; active participation has grown from 142 to 161 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$76,581,444
Participants with balances193
Active participants161
Employer contributions$3,214,043
Employee contributions$1,375,225
Employer contribution per active participant$19,963
Average account balance$396,795
Benefits paid to participants$6,063,756
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorADAMS, JENKINS AND CHEATHAM
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$76.6M · 193 accts · $3.2M emplr
2023$66.2M · 183 accts · $3.0M emplr
2022$54.2M · 170 accts · $2.9M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$3,150
Total administrative$3,150
The Choptank Electric Cooperative, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$19,963
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$19,963 per active participant
2023$20,112 per active participant
2022$20,337 per active participant

Choptank Electric Cooperative, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran above the $3,635 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.

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Service providers · 20241

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$3,150 · 0.00%
2023$1,700 · 0.00%
2022$1,900 · 0.00%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 520271943 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.