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First Aviation Services Inc.401(k)

FIRST AVIATION SERVICES INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES 401(K) PLAN · WESTPORT, CT · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.26%

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

First Aviation Services Inc. reported $24,239 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.26% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $2,091 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 0.98% to 0.26%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Connecticut (700th of 1,106), and 7,998th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $1.70 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 185 to 238 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$12,114,422
Participants with balances269
Active participants238
Employer contributions$497,718
Employee contributions$845,934
Employer contribution per active participant$2,091
Average account balance$45,035
Benefits paid to participants$1,660,304
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$12.1M · 269 accts · $498K emplr
2023$6.8M · 224 accts · $352K emplr
2022$5.4M · 175 accts · $291K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$8,582
Investment management$15,657
Total administrative$24,239
The First Aviation Services Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,091
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$2,091 per active participant
2023$1,762 per active participant
2022$1,574 per active participant

First Aviation Services Inc.'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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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 · 20242
EMPOWER ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY · Investment advisory (plan)$15,657

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$24,239 · 0.26%
2023$49,894 · 0.82%
2022$39,962 · 0.98%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 352374720 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.