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Faria Beede Instruments, Inc.401(k)

FARIA 401(K) COMMITTEE · NORTH STONINGTON, CT · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.96%

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

Faria Beede Instruments, Inc. reported $28,936 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.96% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,272 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 1 year on file its reported administrative ratio rose from 0.58% to 0.96%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 22,307 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Connecticut (979th of 1,106), and 12,185th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2023, employees put in $2.01 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$3,170,949
Participants with balances98
Active participants55
Employer contributions$69,981
Employee contributions$140,961
Employer contribution per active participant$1,272
Average account balance$32,357
Benefits paid to participants$191,505
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history2
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2023$3.2M · 98 accts · $70K emplr
2022$2.9M · 123 accts · $65K emplr
The Faria Beede Instruments, Inc. 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$1,272
Median for plans this size$1,308
2023$1,272 per active participant
2022$1,253 per active participant

Faria Beede Instruments, Inc.'s 2023 employer contribution ran below the $1,308 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 2023 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

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

Administrative cost history2
2023$28,936 · 0.96%
2022$18,232 · 0.58%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 060774164 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.