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Environmental Science Associates401(k)

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATES 401K PLAN · SAN FRANCISCO, CA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.26%

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

Environmental Science Associates reported $208,436 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.26% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,283 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 0.23% to 0.26%. 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 1,148th-largest of 9,483 plans among California employers on file, and the 1,737th of 11,654 in professional & technical services. In 2024, employees put in $6.86 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 627 to 719 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$85,686,650
Participants with balances907
Active participants719
Employer contributions$922,285
Employee contributions$6,327,339
Employer contribution per active participant$1,283
Average account balance$94,473
Benefits paid to participants$6,284,340
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$85.7M · 907 accts · $922K emplr
2023$74.0M · 962 accts · $841K emplr
2022$62.5M · 923 accts · $689K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$116,670
Investment management$91,766
Total administrative$208,436
The Environmental Science Associates 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,283
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$1,283 per active participant
2023$1,243 per active participant
2022$1,100 per active participant

Environmental Science Associates'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.

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
NEWPORT GROUP, INC. · Loan processing · Recordkeeping$116,669
TWO WEST CAPITAL ADVISORS · Investment advisory (plan)$91,766

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Newport (Ascensus)
2023Newport (Ascensus)

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Administrative cost history3
2024$208,436 · 0.26%
2023$168,152 · 0.25%
2022$156,005 · 0.23%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 941698350 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.