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Ecology Recycling Services, LLC401(k)

ECOLOGY RECYCLING SERVICES, LLC 401(K) PLAN · SANTA FE SPRINGS, CA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
1.94%

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

Ecology Recycling Services, LLC reported $33,023 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 1.94% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $795 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 1.60% to 1.94%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other retail trade employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in California (8,290th of 9,483), and 4,662nd of 5,215 in retail trade. In 2024, employees put in $3.29 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 235 to 207 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$2,033,833
Participants with balances252
Active participants207
Employer contributions$164,577
Employee contributions$542,189
Employer contribution per active participant$795
Average account balance$8,071
Benefits paid to participants$190,974
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$2.0M · 252 accts · $165K emplr
2023$1.4M · 209 accts · $86K emplr
2022$804K · 225 accts · $90K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$33,023
Total administrative$33,023
The Ecology Recycling Services, LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$795
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$795 per active participant
2023$445 per active participant
2022$382 per active participant

Ecology Recycling Services, LLC's 2024 employer contribution ran below 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.

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 · 20242
SAGEVIEW ADVISORY GROUP, LLCindirect comp
ECONOMIC GROUP PENSION SERVICES · Other servicesindirect 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$33,023 · 1.94%
2023$28,034 · 2.59%
2022$12,898 · 1.60%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 821509541 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.