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Hamister Group, LLC401(k)

HAMISTER GROUP, LLC 401(K) CO-WORKERS RETIREMENT PLAN · BUFFALO, NY · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.39%

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

Hamister Group, LLC reported $37,806 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.39% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $150 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 0.46% to 0.39%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other health care & social assistance employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in New York (3,554th of 5,648), and the 5,587th of 11,911 in health care & social assistance. In 2024, employees put in $7.18 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 615 to 1,143 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$10,402,524
Participants with balances671
Active participants1,143
Employer contributions$171,558
Employee contributions$1,231,580
Employer contribution per active participant$150
Average account balance$15,503
Benefits paid to participants$1,184,342
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorCHIAMPOU TRAVIS BESAW & KERSHNER
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$10.4M · 671 accts · $172K emplr
2023$8.8M · 475 accts · $148K emplr
2022$7.0M · 406 accts · $109K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$37,806
Total administrative$37,806
The Hamister Group, LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$150
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$150 per active participant
2023$178 per active participant
2022$177 per active participant

Hamister Group, LLC's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $1,313 median for plans its size, in the bottom 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 · 20243
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator$37,806
OSAIC WEALTH INC · Other servicesindirect comp
MORNINGSTAR INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT L · Investment advisory (participants)indirect 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$37,806 · 0.39%
2023$22,382 · 0.28%
2022$34,654 · 0.46%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 161597110 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.