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Gale Banks Engineering401(k)

GALE BANKS ENGINEERING EMPLOYEE SAVINGS PLAN · AZUSA, CA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.26%

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

Gale Banks Engineering reported $27,397 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.26% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $1,357 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 0.15% to 0.26%. 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 among the smaller plans on file in California (5,052nd of 9,483), and 8,141st of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $3.79 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 118 to 134 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$11,644,470
Participants with balances127
Active participants134
Employer contributions$181,848
Employee contributions$688,306
Employer contribution per active participant$1,357
Average account balance$91,689
Benefits paid to participants$278,015
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorMAGINNIS KNECHTER & MCINTIRE
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$11.6M · 127 accts · $182K emplr
2023$9.7M · 127 accts · $191K emplr
2022$7.8M · 113 accts · $133K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$945
Investment management$26,452
Total administrative$27,397
The Gale Banks Engineering 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,357
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$1,357 per active participant
2023$1,437 per active participant
2022$1,131 per active participant

Gale Banks Engineering'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 · 20243
MORGAN STANLEY SMITH BARNEY · Recordkeeping · Trustee$26,452
ADP, INC. · Loan processing · Recordkeeping$945
ADP BROKER-DEALERindirect comp

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024ADP, Morgan Stanley
2023ADP, Morgan Stanley

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Administrative cost history3
2024$27,397 · 0.26%
2023$25,937 · 0.30%
2022$13,683 · 0.15%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 952687960 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.