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Dinsmore & Shohl LLP401(k)

THE DINSMORE & SHOHL, LLP SAVINGS AND INVESTMENT PLAN · CINCINNATI, OH · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.14%

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

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP reported $649,355 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.14% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $9,999 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 0.17% to 0.14%. The plan sits in the $250M–$1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 2,883 comparable plans and shown alongside other professional & technical services employers. By assets it is the 111th-largest of 3,295 plans among Ohio employers on file, and the 372nd of 11,654 in professional & technical services. In 2024, the employer put in $1.01 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$472,154,497
Participants with balances2,261
Active participants1,461
Employer contributions$14,608,271
Employee contributions$14,408,232
Employer contribution per active participant$9,999
Average account balance$208,826
Benefits paid to participants$50,775,857
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorCLARK, SCHAEFER & HACKETT & CO
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$472.2M · 2,261 accts · $14.6M emplr
2023$427.3M · 2,185 accts · $13.6M emplr
2022$362.8M · 2,073 accts · $12.4M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Investment management$221,265
Audit (IQPA)$5,500
Total administrative$649,355
The Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$9,999
Median for plans this size$4,294
2024$9,999 per active participant
2023$9,613 per active participant
2022$9,046 per active participant

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $4,294 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 · 20247
STRATEGIC ADVISORS, INC. · Investment advisory (plan)$49,028
MARINER WEALTH ADVISORS · Investment advisory (participants)$32,304
BAHL AND GAYNOR · Consulting$30,912
HORAN SECURITIES · Consulting$26,000
ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN LP · Investment management$6,152
CLARK SCHAEFFER HACKETT · Accounting / audit$5,500
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$649,355 · 0.14%
2023$697,234 · 0.18%
2022$678,428 · 0.17%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 310263070 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.