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Gale Associates, Inc.401(k)

GALE ASSOCIATES, INC. 401K PROFIT SHARING PLAN AND TRUST · ROCKLAND, MA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.30%

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

Gale Associates, Inc. reported $53,001 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.30% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $3,632 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 0.31% to 0.30%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other professional & technical services employers. By assets it is the 1,346th-largest of 2,726 plans among Massachusetts employers on file, and the 5,720th of 11,654 in professional & technical services. In 2024, employees put in $2.53 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$19,141,246
Participants with balances136
Active participants109
Employer contributions$395,876
Employee contributions$1,000,414
Employer contribution per active participant$3,632
Average account balance$140,744
Benefits paid to participants$1,419,336
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorQRGA, LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$19.1M · 136 accts · $396K emplr
2023$16.7M · 129 accts · $377K emplr
2022$15.2M · 127 accts · $259K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$33,486
Investment management$515
Audit (IQPA)$19,000
Total administrative$53,001
The Gale Associates, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$3,632
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$3,632 per active participant
2023$3,560 per active participant
2022$2,543 per active participant

Gale Associates, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran above 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
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$33,486
QRGA, LLP · Accounting / audit$19,000

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$53,001 · 0.30%
2023$44,432 · 0.28%
2022$50,328 · 0.31%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 042319385 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.