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Etech401(k)

ETECH TEXAS 401K SAVINGS PLAN · NACOGDOCHES, TX · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.75%

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

Etech reported $77,595 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.75% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $429 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 has held roughly steady near 0.755%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other information & media employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Texas (2,957th of 5,688), and 1,462nd of 2,199 in information & media. In 2024, employees put in $1.83 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$10,744,849
Participants with balances274
Active participants868
Employer contributions$372,407
Employee contributions$679,851
Employer contribution per active participant$429
Average account balance$39,215
Benefits paid to participants$1,156,633
Plan auditDisclaimer of opinion
AuditorMARK ESCOFFERY
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$10.7M · 274 accts · $372K emplr
2023$9.8M · 304 accts · $368K emplr
2022$8.1M · 327 accts · $370K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$77,595
Total administrative$77,595
The Etech 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$429
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$429 per active participant
2023$492 per active participant
2022$450 per active participant

Etech's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 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 · 20243
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator · Loan processing$77,594
CADENCE INSURANCE, INC. · Other servicesindirect comp
MORNINGSTAR INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT L · Investment advisory (participants)indirect comp

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$77,595 · 0.75%
2023$65,773 · 0.73%
2022$56,248 · 0.75%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 453237969 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.