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Earnest Products, Inc.401(k)

EARNEST PRODUCTS, INC. 401(K) PLAN · SANFORD, FL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
1.13%

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

Earnest Products, Inc. reported $34,166 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 1.13% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,892 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 1.28% to 1.13%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Florida (2,878th of 3,644), and 12,238th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, the employer put in $1.02 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$3,072,506
Participants with balances167
Active participants106
Employer contributions$200,528
Employee contributions$197,436
Employer contribution per active participant$1,892
Average account balance$18,398
Benefits paid to participants$624,295
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$3.1M · 167 accts · $201K emplr
2023$3.0M · 166 accts · $208K emplr
2022$2.2M · 149 accts · $181K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$20,815
Investment management$10,101
Total administrative$34,166
The Earnest Products, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,892
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$1,892 per active participant
2023$1,873 per active participant
2022$1,809 per active participant

Earnest Products, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran above the $1,313 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.

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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 · 20241
JOHN HANCOCK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Recordkeeping · Investment management$2,822

Compensation shown is direct payments from plan assets reported on Schedule C. Providers paid through fund revenue-sharing appear as indirect.

Recordkeeper by year2
2024John Hancock
2023John Hancock

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Administrative cost history3
2024$34,166 · 1.13%
2023$30,457 · 1.18%
2022$29,456 · 1.28%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 593223520 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.