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Empire Office, Inc.401(k)

EMPIRE OFFICE, INC. 401(K) PLAN II · NEW YORK, NY · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.51%

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

Empire Office, Inc. reported $145,082 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.51% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $146 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 0.59% to 0.51%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other retail trade employers. By assets it is the 1,906th-largest of 5,648 plans among New York employers on file, and the 999th of 5,215 in retail trade. In 2024, employees put in $18.80 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 361 to 756 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$31,117,642
Participants with balances291
Active participants756
Employer contributions$110,000
Employee contributions$2,068,274
Employer contribution per active participant$146
Average account balance$106,933
Benefits paid to participants$4,278,585
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$31.1M · 291 accts · $110K emplr
2023$25.9M · 280 accts · $110K emplr
2022$21.0M · 271 accts · $110K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$129,919
Investment management$15,163
Total administrative$145,082
The Empire Office, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$146
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$146 per active participant
2023$167 per active participant
2022$305 per active participant

Empire Office, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 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 · 20242
MUTUAL OF AMERICA SEC. CORP LLC · Recordkeeping · Loan processing$116,995
WILSHIRE ASSOCIATES INC. · Named fiduciary$15,163

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Mutual of America
2023Mutual of America, Sentinel Group

This plan has changed recordkeepers within these filings. If you left Empire Office, Inc. before a switch, your account may sit at the earlier firm or in a rollover IRA. Looking for an account from a past job here? How to find an old 401(k).

Administrative cost history3
2024$145,082 · 0.51%
2023$150,241 · 0.64%
2022$132,049 · 0.59%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 131945763 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.