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Employment Services, Inc.401(k)

EMPLOYMENT SERVICES 401(K) PLAN · VIRGINIA BEACH, VA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.88%

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

Employment Services, Inc. reported $119,964 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.88% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $345 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 3 years on file its reported administrative ratio has held roughly steady near 0.880%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other educational services employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Virginia (1,232nd of 2,266), and 1,849th of 3,091 in educational services. In 2024, employees put in $4.82 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 682 to 818 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$14,184,935
Participants with balances343
Active participants818
Employer contributions$282,564
Employee contributions$1,361,483
Employer contribution per active participant$345
Average account balance$41,355
Benefits paid to participants$1,904,486
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorMCCLINTOCK & ASSOCIATES, PC
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$14.2M · 343 accts · $283K emplr
2023$13.1M · 353 accts · $310K emplr
2022$11.5M · 502 accts · $370K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$119,964
Total administrative$119,964
The Employment Services, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$345
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$345 per active participant
2023$571 per active participant
2022$543 per active participant

Employment Services, 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.

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CAMBRIDGE INVESTMENT RESEARCH ADVIS · Investment advisory (plan)indirect 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$119,964 · 0.88%
2023$107,263 · 0.87%
2022$114,039 · 0.88%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 541058176 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.