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Consulting & Municipal Engineers, LLP401(k)

CME ASSOCIATES 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN · HOWELL, NJ · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.17%

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

Consulting & Municipal Engineers, LLP reported $96,116 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.17% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $2,689 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 0.41% to 0.17%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other professional & technical services employers. By assets it is the 537th-largest of 2,419 plans among New Jersey employers on file, and the 2,486th of 11,654 in professional & technical services. In 2024, employees put in $3.48 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 243 to 293 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$56,669,842
Participants with balances346
Active participants293
Employer contributions$787,805
Employee contributions$2,740,132
Employer contribution per active participant$2,689
Average account balance$163,786
Benefits paid to participants$5,253,912
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$56.7M · 346 accts · $788K emplr
2023$53.2M · 338 accts · $927K emplr
2022$46.2M · 319 accts · $845K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$15,341
Investment management$80,775
Total administrative$96,116
The Consulting & Municipal Engineers, LLP 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,689
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$2,689 per active participant
2023$3,523 per active participant
2022$3,478 per active participant

Consulting & Municipal Engineers, LLP's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $3,635 median for plans its size. 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
CREATIVE PLANNING HOLDCO LLC DBA CR · Investment advisory (plan)$61,209
CREATIVE PLANNING LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$19,566

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$96,116 · 0.17%
2023$85,722 · 0.17%
2022$201,926 · 0.41%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 223484435 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.