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Gable Signs & Graphics, Inc.401(k)

GABLE SIGNS & GRAPHICS, INC. 401(K) PLAN · BALTIMORE, MD · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.37%

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

Gable Signs & Graphics, Inc. reported $48,189 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.37% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $1,350 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 rose from 0.02% to 0.37%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 823rd-largest of 1,671 plans among Maryland employers on file, and 7,392nd of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $3.22 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$13,982,708
Participants with balances179
Active participants145
Employer contributions$195,774
Employee contributions$631,268
Employer contribution per active participant$1,350
Average account balance$78,116
Benefits paid to participants$671,581
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorKATZABOSCH
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$14.0M · 179 accts · $196K emplr
2023$12.1M · 253 accts · $615K emplr
2022$11.2M · 260 accts · $309K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$19,832
Investment management$28,357
Total administrative$48,189
The Gable Signs & Graphics, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,350
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$1,350 per active participant
2023$4,180 per active participant
2022$2,148 per active participant

Gable Signs & Graphics, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 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 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20242
JOHN HANCOCK · Recordkeeping$19,832
WELLS FARGO ADVISORS LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$24,445

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$48,189 · 0.37%
2023$1,793 · 0.02%
2022$1,989 · 0.02%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 521427518 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.