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Employment Services, Inc.401(k)

401(K) RETIREMENT & SAVINGS PLAN · ALPENA, MI · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.16%

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

Employment Services, Inc. reported $159,634 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.16% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $1,818 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 0.10% to 0.16%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other administrative & support services employers. By assets it is the 287th-largest of 2,619 plans among Michigan employers on file, and the 161st of 2,534 in administrative & support services. In 2024, employees put in $2.14 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 648 to 1,210 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$103,922,010
Participants with balances776
Active participants1,210
Employer contributions$2,200,331
Employee contributions$4,700,344
Employer contribution per active participant$1,818
Average account balance$133,920
Benefits paid to participants$6,492,612
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$103.9M · 776 accts · $2.2M emplr
2023$90.0M · 657 accts · $2.1M emplr
2022$72.8M · 707 accts · $2.0M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$79,470
Investment management$80,164
Total administrative$159,634
The Employment Services, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,818
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$1,818 per active participant
2023$3,161 per active participant
2022$3,056 per active participant

Employment Services, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $3,635 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.

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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
JOHN HANCOCK · Recordkeeping · Loan processing$79,470
CAPFINANCIAL PARTNERS, LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$80,164

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024John Hancock
2023John Hancock

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Administrative cost history3
2024$159,634 · 0.16%
2023$85,092 · 0.10%
2022$81,694 · 0.10%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 383637814 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.