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Gds Associates, Inc.401(k)

GDS ASSOCIATES, INC. 401(K) PROFIT SHARING & SALARY DEFERRAL PLAN · MARIETTA, GA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.14%

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

Gds Associates, Inc. reported $106,954 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.14% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $15,142 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 0.13% to 0.14%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other professional & technical services employers. By assets it is the 325th-largest of 2,160 plans among Georgia employers on file, and the 1,775th of 11,654 in professional & technical services. In 2024, the employer put in $1.52 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$83,689,032
Participants with balances231
Active participants186
Employer contributions$2,816,498
Employee contributions$1,854,476
Employer contribution per active participant$15,142
Average account balance$362,290
Benefits paid to participants$4,672,012
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$83.7M · 231 accts · $2.8M emplr
2023$74.1M · 250 accts · $2.9M emplr
2022$62.9M · 237 accts · $2.6M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$106,954
Total administrative$106,954
The Gds Associates, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$15,142
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$15,142 per active participant
2023$15,367 per active participant
2022$14,653 per active participant

Gds Associates, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran above the $3,635 median for plans its size, placing it in the top quarter of its peers. 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 · 20245
UBS FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC · Investment advisory (plan)$54,578
MORGAN STANLEY · Investment advisory (plan)$16,461
EMPOWER ADVISORY GROUP, LLC · Investment management$12,989
RETIREMENT PLAN ADMINISTRATORS LLC · Contract administratorindirect comp

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$106,954 · 0.14%
2023$87,178 · 0.13%
2022$89,995 · 0.13%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 581659843 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.