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ES3401(k)

ES3 401(K) PLAN · SAN DIEGO, CA · plan year 2025

Reported admin expense ratio · 2025
0.01%

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

ES3 reported $9,815 in plan administrative expenses for 2025: 0.01% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $9,033 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 3 years on file its reported administrative ratio fell from 0.02% to 0.01%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 605 comparable plans and shown alongside other professional & technical services employers. By assets it is the 1,137th-largest of 9,483 plans among California employers on file, and the 1,722nd of 11,654 in professional & technical services. In 2025, employees put in $1.23 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 170 to 210 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$86,751,813
Participants with balances301
Active participants210
Employer contributions$1,897,017
Employee contributions$2,325,139
Employer contribution per active participant$9,033
Average account balance$288,212
Benefits paid to participants$4,872,553
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$86.8M · 301 accts · $1.9M emplr
2024$74.2M · 274 accts · $1.7M emplr
2023$56.8M · 262 accts · $1.6M emplr
2022$41.6M · 243 accts · $1.4M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2025
Recordkeeping & contract admin$300
Total administrative$9,815
The ES3 401(k) match · 2025
Employer contribution per active participant$9,033
Median for plans this size$4,093
2025$9,033 per active participant
2024$8,875 per active participant
2023$8,120 per active participant
2022$8,192 per active participant

ES3's 2025 employer contribution ran above the $4,093 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 2025 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20251
WESPAC PLAN SERVICES, LLC · Loan processing$9,815

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

Administrative cost history4
2025$9,815 · 0.01%
2024$9,587 · 0.01%
2023$10,330 · 0.02%
2022$7,960 · 0.02%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 330976413 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.