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Employment Specialist of Maine, Inc.401(k)

EMPLOYMENT SPECIALIST OF MAINE, INC. (ESM) 401(K) PLAN · AUGUSTA, ME · plan year 2022

Reported admin expense ratio · 2022
0.58%

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

Employment Specialist of Maine, Inc. reported $10,155 in plan administrative expenses for 2022: 0.58% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $410 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.

The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 30,021 comparable plans and shown alongside other health care & social assistance employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Maine (319th of 354), and 10,284th of 11,911 in health care & social assistance. In 2022, employees put in $5.45 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$1,714,404
Participants with balances94
Active participants114
Employer contributions$46,784
Employee contributions$255,160
Employer contribution per active participant$410
Average account balance$18,238
Benefits paid to participants$85,938
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorONE RIVER, CPAS
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2022
Recordkeeping & contract admin$7,480
Professional / advisory$2,675
Total administrative$10,155
The Employment Specialist of Maine, Inc. 401(k) match · 2022
Employer contribution per active participant$410
Median for plans this size$1,114

Employment Specialist of Maine, Inc.'s 2022 employer contribution ran below the $1,114 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 2022 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Administrative cost history1
2022$10,155 · 0.58%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 010469778 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.