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Erc, Inc.401(k)

ERC, INC. 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN · HUNTSVILLE, AL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.14%

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

Erc, Inc. reported $490,234 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.14% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $3,844 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 $250M–$1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 2,883 comparable plans and shown alongside other professional & technical services employers. By assets it is the 26th-largest of 902 plans among Alabama employers on file, and the 481st of 11,654 in professional & technical services. In 2024, employees put in $2.39 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$358,928,784
Participants with balances3,937
Active participants2,679
Employer contributions$10,298,299
Employee contributions$24,606,422
Employer contribution per active participant$3,844
Average account balance$91,168
Benefits paid to participants$63,622,483
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history2
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$358.9M · 3,937 accts · $10.3M emplr
2022$0 · $5.0M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$199,466
Investment management$283,320
Audit (IQPA)$7,448
Total administrative$490,234
The Erc, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$3,844
Median for plans this size$4,294

Erc, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $4,294 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 · 20244
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$199,512
SMITH THORNTON ADVISORS LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$181,039
STRATEGIC ADVISORS, INC. · Investment advisory (plan)$89,986
CARON AND BLETZER, PLLC · Accounting / audit$7,448

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

Administrative cost history2
2024$490,234 · 0.14%
2022Not separately reported
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 621008247 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.