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Cobalt Benefits Group, LLC401(k)

COBALT BENEFITS GROUP, LLC 401(K) PLAN · SO. BURLINGTON, VT · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.06%

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

Cobalt Benefits Group, LLC reported $11,173 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.06% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $5,370 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 0.23% to 0.06%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other administrative & support services employers. By assets it is the 91st-largest of 230 plans among Vermont employers on file, and the 591st of 2,534 in administrative & support services. In 2024, employees put in $1.04 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 179 to 218 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$20,908,994
Participants with balances238
Active participants218
Employer contributions$1,170,743
Employee contributions$1,216,175
Employer contribution per active participant$5,370
Average account balance$87,853
Benefits paid to participants$2,689,206
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorBAKER NEWMAN AND NOYES
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$20.9M · 238 accts · $1.2M emplr
2023$18.9M · 199 accts · $996K emplr
2022$15.2M · 177 accts · $913K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Investment management$11,498
Total administrative$11,173
The Cobalt Benefits Group, LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$5,370
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$5,370 per active participant
2023$5,215 per active participant
2022$5,100 per active participant

Cobalt Benefits Group, LLC's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $2,416 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 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20242
COMMONWEALTH FINANCIAL NETWORK · Investment advisory (plan)$11,498
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processingindirect comp

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$11,173 · 0.06%
2023$33,483 · 0.20%
2022$37,888 · 0.23%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 271516730 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.