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Empire Telephone Corporation401(k)

EMPIRE TELEPHONE CORPORATION SAVINGS AND INVESTMENT PROFIT SHARING PLAN · PRATTSBURGH, NY · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.47%

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

Empire Telephone Corporation reported $65,349 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.47% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $2,951 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 0.42% to 0.47%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other information & media employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in New York (3,006th of 5,648), and 1,240th of 2,199 in information & media. In 2024, employees put in $1.40 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 170 to 233 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$14,609,036
Participants with balances197
Active participants233
Employer contributions$687,583
Employee contributions$961,993
Employer contribution per active participant$2,951
Average account balance$74,158
Benefits paid to participants$2,031,636
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$14.6M · 197 accts · $688K emplr
2023$13.1M · 174 accts · $587K emplr
2022$12.9M · 131 accts · $448K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$29,899
Investment management$14,180
Total administrative$65,349
The Empire Telephone Corporation 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,951
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$2,951 per active participant
2023$2,879 per active participant
2022$2,634 per active participant

Empire Telephone Corporation's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $2,416 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
MERRILL LYNCH PIERCE FENNER & SMITH · Pension consulting · Investment advisory (plan)$35,450
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator$29,899

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$65,349 · 0.47%
2023$58,515 · 0.45%
2022$58,299 · 0.42%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 160594870 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.