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J-Star Research, Inc.401(k)

J-STAR EMPLOYEES' PROFIT SHARING PLAN · CRANBURY, NJ · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.02%

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

J-Star Research, Inc. reported $5,985 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.02% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $4,818 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 0.00% to 0.02%. 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 the 853rd-largest of 2,419 plans among New Jersey employers on file, and the 4,629th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $3.02 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 130 to 154 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$28,746,227
Participants with balances203
Active participants154
Employer contributions$741,925
Employee contributions$2,237,796
Employer contribution per active participant$4,818
Average account balance$141,607
Benefits paid to participants$1,695,864
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorBDG-CPAS
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$28.7M · 203 accts · $742K emplr
2023$23.4M · 203 accts · $705K emplr
2022$21.5M · 167 accts · $594K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$5,985
Total administrative$5,985
The J-Star Research, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$4,818
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$4,818 per active participant
2023$4,247 per active participant
2022$4,573 per active participant

J-Star Research, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran above the $2,416 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.

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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 · 20241
THE VANGUARD GROUP, INC. · Recordkeeping · Loan processing$5,985

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Vanguard
2023Vanguard

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Administrative cost history3
2024$5,985 · 0.02%
2023$1,725 · 0.01%
2022$1,065 · 0.00%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 223286758 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.