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Engineering Consulting Svcs, LTD401(k)

ENGINEERING CONSULTING SERVICES, LTD. 401(K) RETIREMENT PLAN · CHANTILLY, VA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.19%

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

Engineering Consulting Svcs, LTD reported $318,047 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.19% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $2,378 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 0.17% to 0.19%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other professional & technical services employers. By assets it is the 166th-largest of 2,266 plans among Virginia employers on file, and the 855th of 11,654 in professional & technical services. In 2024, employees put in $1.83 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 1,938 to 2,330 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$187,057,684
Participants with balances1,959
Active participants2,330
Employer contributions$5,540,519
Employee contributions$10,136,521
Employer contribution per active participant$2,378
Average account balance$95,486
Benefits paid to participants$11,139,015
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$187.1M · 1,959 accts · $5.5M emplr
2023$156.0M · 1,947 accts · $4.8M emplr
2022$123.2M · 1,599 accts · $4.0M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$148,269
Investment management$169,778
Total administrative$318,047
The Engineering Consulting Svcs, LTD 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,378
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$2,378 per active participant
2023$2,180 per active participant
2022$2,073 per active participant

Engineering Consulting Svcs, LTD's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $3,635 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
MORGAN STANLEY · Investment advisory (plan)$169,778
CAPITAL GROUP RETIREMENT PLAN SVCS. · Trustee (directed) · Other services$148,269

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$318,047 · 0.19%
2023$242,273 · 0.17%
2022$228,186 · 0.17%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 541439291 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.