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Empire State Mines, LLC401(k)

EMPIRE STATE MINES 401(K) RETIREMENT PLAN · GOUVERNEUR, NY · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
1.27%

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

Empire State Mines, LLC reported $79,443 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 1.27% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $5,360 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 0.65% to 1.27%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other mining, oil & gas extraction employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in New York (4,078th of 5,648), and 471st of 612 in mining, oil & gas extraction. In 2024, employees put in $1.32 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$7,038,222
Participants with balances158
Active participants132
Employer contributions$707,555
Employee contributions$937,097
Employer contribution per active participant$5,360
Average account balance$44,546
Benefits paid to participants$890,291
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorBONADIO & CO.
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$7.0M · 158 accts · $708K emplr
2023$5.5M · 168 accts · $705K emplr
2022$3.5M · 160 accts · $679K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$31,665
Investment management$47,778
Total administrative$79,443
The Empire State Mines, LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$5,360
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$5,360 per active participant
2023$5,187 per active participant
2022$4,883 per active participant

Empire State Mines, LLC's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $1,313 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 · 20242
FISHER ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC · Recordkeeping · Trustee$47,778
ADP, INC. · Loan processing · Recordkeeping$31,664

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024ADP, FISHER ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC
2023ADP, FISHER ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC

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Administrative cost history3
2024$79,443 · 1.27%
2023$55,226 · 1.23%
2022$21,834 · 0.65%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 830361818 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.