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Environmental Systems Design, Inc.401(k)

ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS DESIGN, INC. EMPLOYEES 401(K) PLAN · CHICAGO, IL · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.09%

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

Environmental Systems Design, Inc. reported $57,195 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.09% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $2,733 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 fell from 0.09% to 0.08%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 9,317 comparable plans and shown alongside other professional & technical services employers. By assets it is the 752nd-largest of 3,702 plans among Illinois employers on file, and the 2,180th of 11,654 in professional & technical services. In 2023, employees put in $3.71 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 296 to 250 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$65,736,742
Participants with balances362
Active participants250
Employer contributions$683,248
Employee contributions$2,537,426
Employer contribution per active participant$2,733
Average account balance$181,593
Benefits paid to participants$5,706,145
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorOSTROW REISIN BERK AND ABRAMS LTD.
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$64.1M · 111 accts
2023$65.7M · 362 accts · $683K emplr
2022$57.8M · 391 accts · $993K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Recordkeeping & contract admin$13,528
Investment management$43,667
Total administrative$57,195
The Environmental Systems Design, Inc. 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$2,733
Median for plans this size$3,659
2023$2,733 per active participant
2022$3,356 per active participant

Environmental Systems Design, Inc.'s 2023 employer contribution ran below the $3,659 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 2023 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20233
MMA SECURITIES · Investment advisory (plan)$38,500
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$13,528
STRATEGIC ADVISORS, INC. · Investment advisory (plan)$5,167

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$52,554 · 0.08%
2023$57,195 · 0.09%
2022$55,287 · 0.09%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 362613805 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.