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Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC401(k)

ECKERT SEAMANS CHERIN & MELLOTT, LLC PROFIT SHARING PLAN · PITTSBURGH, PA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.03%

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

Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC reported $78,180 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.03% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $10,786 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 0.04% to 0.03%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other professional & technical services employers. By assets it is the 238th-largest of 3,651 plans among Pennsylvania employers on file, and the 659th of 11,654 in professional & technical services. In 2024, employees put in $1.07 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$252,826,577
Participants with balances723
Active participants436
Employer contributions$4,702,859
Employee contributions$5,029,934
Employer contribution per active participant$10,786
Average account balance$349,691
Benefits paid to participants$32,107,892
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$252.8M · 723 accts · $4.7M emplr
2023$237.6M · 734 accts · $4.8M emplr
2022$215.2M · 746 accts · $4.8M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$67,109
Investment management$11,071
Total administrative$78,180
The Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$10,786
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$10,786 per active participant
2023$10,988 per active participant
2022$10,763 per active participant

Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $3,635 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
SCHWAB RETIREMENT PLAN SERVICES INC · Recordkeeping$67,109
FORT PITT CAPITAL GROUP LLC · Investment advisory (participants)$8,811
CHARLES SCHWAB & CO INC · Securities brokerage$1,075

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Charles Schwab
2023Charles Schwab

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Administrative cost history3
2024$78,180 · 0.03%
2023$85,725 · 0.04%
2022$90,149 · 0.04%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 251056909 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.