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Environmental Research Group, LLC401(k)

ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH GROUP, LLC 401(K) PLAN · BALTIMORE, MD · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.55%

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

Environmental Research Group, LLC reported $42,417 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.55% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $4,238 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 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other professional & technical services employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Maryland (1,029th of 1,671), and 8,242nd of 11,654 in professional & technical services. In 2024, employees put in $1.13 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$9,248,645
Participants with balances173
Active participants106
Employer contributions$449,176
Employee contributions$508,662
Employer contribution per active participant$4,238
Average account balance$53,460
Benefits paid to participants$1,186,493
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorYOUNT, HYDE & BARBOUR
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$16,731
Investment management$25,686
Total administrative$42,417
The Environmental Research Group, LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$4,238
Median for plans this size$1,313

Environmental Research Group, LLC's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $1,313 median for plans its size, placing it in the top 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.

Service providers · 20243
SIGNATURE ESTATE SECURITIES INC · Investment advisory (plan)$25,677
CAPTAL GROUP RETIREMENT PLAN SERVIC$13,897
RETIREMENT PLANNERS & ADMINISTRATOR · Contract administrator$1,900

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

Administrative cost history1
2024$42,417 · 0.55%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 841535060 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.