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E.K. Services, Inc.401(k)

E. K. SERVICES RETIREMENT PLAN · NEW CUMBERLAND, PA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.55%

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

E.K. Services, Inc. reported $36,706 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.55% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $3,227 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 0.49% to 0.55%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other construction employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Pennsylvania (2,622nd of 3,651), and 3,549th of 5,337 in construction. In 2024, employees put in $1.11 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 148 to 101 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$7,204,766
Participants with balances169
Active participants101
Employer contributions$325,899
Employee contributions$362,511
Employer contribution per active participant$3,227
Average account balance$42,632
Benefits paid to participants$385,388
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorRKL
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$7.2M · 169 accts · $326K emplr
2023$6.1M · 183 accts · $418K emplr
2022$5.4M · 180 accts · $377K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$36,706
Total administrative$36,706
The E.K. Services, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$3,227
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$3,227 per active participant
2023$3,733 per active participant
2022$2,545 per active participant

E.K. Services, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran above the $1,313 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.

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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
SMITH ELLIOTT KEARNS & COMPANY LLC · Contract administrator$7,853

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$36,706 · 0.55%
2023$30,655 · 0.53%
2022$27,542 · 0.49%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 251644049 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.