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Empire Auto Payroll Service, LLC401(k)

EMPIRE AUTOMOTIVE GROUP 401(K) PLAN · HUNTINGTON, NY · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
1.57%

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

Empire Auto Payroll Service, LLC reported $126,667 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 1.57% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $0 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 1.38% to 1.57%. 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 New York (3,743rd of 5,648), and 2,817th of 5,215 in retail trade. active participation has grown from 517 to 759 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$9,105,267
Participants with balances801
Active participants759
Employer contributions$0
Employee contributions$2,601,099
Employer contribution per active participant$0
Average account balance$11,367
Benefits paid to participants$1,688,110
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorTMI CPA, P.C.
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$9.1M · 801 accts
2023$7.1M · 1,012 accts
2022$4.5M · 541 accts
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$124,613
Investment management$2,054
Total administrative$126,667
The Empire Auto Payroll Service, LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$0
Median for plans this size$1,313

Empire Auto Payroll Service, LLC's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $1,313 median for plans its size, in the bottom 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
EMPOWER ADVISORY GROUP, LLC · Investment management$2,054
OSAIC WEALTH INCindirect 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$126,667 · 1.57%
2023$82,479 · 1.43%
2022$52,463 · 1.38%
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Glossier, Inc. NY$9.5M · 0.84%
Hill & Markes, LLC. NY$9.2M · 0.30%
Pipes & Shaw LLC NY$8.9M · 0.08%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 842222555 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.