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High Tower Group, LLC401(k)

HIGH TOWER 401(K) · JAMESTOWN, NC · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.57%

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

High Tower Group, LLC reported $22,900 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.57% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $2,188 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 0.76% to 0.57%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other wholesale trade employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in North Carolina (1,527th of 2,005), and 3,745th of 4,246 in wholesale trade. In 2024, employees put in $2.41 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 110 to 92 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$4,286,724
Participants with balances119
Active participants92
Employer contributions$201,338
Employee contributions$485,503
Employer contribution per active participant$2,188
Average account balance$36,023
Benefits paid to participants$571,484
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorDMJPS PLLC
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$4.3M · 119 accts · $201K emplr
2023$3.7M · 120 accts · $223K emplr
2022$2.7M · 121 accts · $212K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$13,633
Investment management$9,267
Total administrative$22,900
The High Tower Group, LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,188
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$2,188 per active participant
2023$2,254 per active participant
2022$1,931 per active participant

High Tower Group, LLC's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $1,313 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
ASCENSUS LLC · Recordkeeping$13,632
MERRILL LYNCH RETIREMENT & BENEFIT · Investment advisory (plan)$9,267

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

Recordkeeper by year2
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Administrative cost history3
2024$22,900 · 0.57%
2023$18,225 · 0.57%
2022$20,288 · 0.76%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 522277203 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.