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Esa Management, LLC401(k)

ESA MANAGEMENT, LLC 401(K) PLAN · CHARLOTTE, NC · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.53%

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

Esa Management, LLC reported $404,230 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.53% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $249 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 0.66% to 0.53%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other accommodation & food services employers. By assets it is the 245th-largest of 2,005 plans among North Carolina employers on file, and the 101st of 2,240 in accommodation & food services. In 2024, employees put in $4.03 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$80,858,527
Participants with balances2,605
Active participants7,288
Employer contributions$1,815,507
Employee contributions$7,310,640
Employer contribution per active participant$249
Average account balance$31,040
Benefits paid to participants$9,019,508
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$80.9M · 2,605 accts · $1.8M emplr
2023$71.0M · 2,652 accts · $2.2M emplr
2022$57.7M · 2,806 accts · $1.9M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$291,474
Investment management$82,945
Audit (IQPA)$26,775
Total administrative$404,230
The Esa Management, LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$249
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$249 per active participant
2023$303 per active participant
2022$244 per active participant

Esa Management, LLC'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 · 20244
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$291,474
CREATIVE PLANNING LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$45,000
STRATEGIC ADVISORS, INC. · Investment advisory (plan)$37,945
CHERRY BEKEART, LLP · Accounting / audit$26,775

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$404,230 · 0.53%
2023$312,747 · 0.49%
2022$416,257 · 0.66%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 901015925 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.