Des Architects + Engineers401(k)
DES ARCHITECTS + ENGINEERS 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN · REDWOOD CITY, CA · plan year 2023
Peer grade: B · admin costs + employer contributions vs same-size plans · how grading works
Des Architects + Engineers reported $201,812 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.36% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $13,805 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 0.36% to 0.37%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 9,317 comparable plans and shown alongside other professional & technical services employers. By assets it is the 1,531st-largest of 9,483 plans among California employers on file, and the 2,384th of 11,654 in professional & technical services. In 2023, employees put in $1.33 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 170 to 114 since 2022.
Des Architects + Engineers's 2023 employer contribution ran above the $3,659 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.
Annual cost at the plan's reported 2023 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.
Compensation shown is direct payments from plan assets reported on Schedule C. Providers paid through fund revenue-sharing appear as indirect.
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 942197277 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.