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Ground Engineering Consultants, Inc.401(k)

GROUND ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS, INC. 401(K) PLAN · ENGLEWOOD, CO · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.37%

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

Ground Engineering Consultants, Inc. reported $71,882 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.37% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $1,904 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 0.39% to 0.37%. 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 500th-largest of 1,461 plans among Colorado employers on file, and the 5,408th of 11,654 in professional & technical services. In 2024, employees put in $3.19 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$20,818,048
Participants with balances177
Active participants152
Employer contributions$289,423
Employee contributions$922,588
Employer contribution per active participant$1,904
Average account balance$117,616
Benefits paid to participants$685,232
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$20.8M · 177 accts · $289K emplr
2023$17.8M · 171 accts · $261K emplr
2022$14.5M · 170 accts · $249K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$24,001
Investment management$47,881
Total administrative$71,882
The Ground Engineering Consultants, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,904
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$1,904 per active participant
2023$1,714 per active participant
2022$1,674 per active participant

Ground Engineering Consultants, 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
ANDREW GARRETT INC. · Investment advisory (plan)$47,877
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator$24,001

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$71,882 · 0.37%
2023$60,190 · 0.37%
2022$62,269 · 0.39%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 840946714 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.