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Farestart401(k)

FARESTART 401(K) PLAN AND TRUST · SEATTLE, WA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.53%

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

Farestart reported $21,741 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.53% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $1,965 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 0.53%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other health care & social assistance employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Washington (1,411th of 1,714), and 8,416th of 11,911 in health care & social assistance. In 2024, employees put in $2.01 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 131 to 101 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$4,198,983
Participants with balances115
Active participants101
Employer contributions$198,452
Employee contributions$398,851
Employer contribution per active participant$1,965
Average account balance$36,513
Benefits paid to participants$948,735
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$4.2M · 115 accts · $198K emplr
2023$4.0M · 136 accts · $216K emplr
2022$3.4M · 136 accts · $223K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$21,741
Total administrative$21,741
The Farestart 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,965
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$1,965 per active participant
2023$2,483 per active participant
2022$1,700 per active participant

Farestart's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $1,313 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.

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Service providers · 20241

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024John Hancock
2023John Hancock

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Administrative cost history3
2024$21,741 · 0.53%
2023$22,576 · 0.61%
2022$18,395 · 0.51%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 911546757 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.