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Cynosure, LLC401(k)

CYNOSURE, LLC 401(K) PLAN · WESTFORD, MA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.36%

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

Cynosure, LLC reported $139,003 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.36% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $4,709 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 0.36%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 830th-largest of 2,726 plans among Massachusetts employers on file, and the 3,693rd of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $2.34 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$39,780,660
Participants with balances527
Active participants409
Employer contributions$1,926,017
Employee contributions$4,511,980
Employer contribution per active participant$4,709
Average account balance$75,485
Benefits paid to participants$8,404,796
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$39.8M · 527 accts · $1.9M emplr
2023$36.4M · 562 accts · $2.1M emplr
2022$30.5M · 559 accts · $2.3M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$55,268
Investment management$83,735
Total administrative$139,003
The Cynosure, LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$4,709
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$4,709 per active participant
2023$5,138 per active participant
2022$5,433 per active participant

Cynosure, 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 · 20243
COMMONWEALTH FINANCIAL NETWORK · Investment advisory (plan)$76,375
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$55,301
STRATEGIC ADVISORS, INC. · Investment advisory (plan)$7,361

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$139,003 · 0.36%
2023$111,728 · 0.33%
2022$123,888 · 0.41%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 043125110 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.