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Joseph P. Carrara & Sons Inc.401(k)

JOSEPH P. CARRARA & SONS INC. 401(K) AND PROFIT SHARING PLAN · N CLARENDON, VT · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.25%

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

Joseph P. Carrara & Sons Inc. reported $47,791 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.25% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $0 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 0.07% to 0.25%. 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 95th-largest of 230 plans among Vermont employers on file, and the 5,907th of 13,661 in manufacturing.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$20,152,008
Participants with balances113
Active participants103
Employer contributions$0
Employee contributions$355,826
Employer contribution per active participant$0
Average account balance$178,336
Benefits paid to participants$305,392
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorTEAL & BECKER & CHIARAMONTE
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$20.2M · 113 accts
2023$17.7M · 117 accts · $363K emplr
2022$16.9M · 111 accts · $355K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$1,837
Investment management$45,954
Total administrative$47,791
The Joseph P. Carrara & Sons Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$0
Median for plans this size$2,416
2023$3,700 per active participant
2022$3,518 per active participant

Joseph P. Carrara & Sons Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 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
EDWARD JONES · Investment advisory (plan)$45,954
CAPITAL GROUP RETIREMENT PLAN SVCS. · Trustee (directed) · Other services$1,012

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$47,791 · 0.25%
2023$2,750 · 0.02%
2022$13,535 · 0.07%
Similar plansManufacturing · Vermont
Foodscience, LLC VT$20.7M · 0.51%
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Hubbardton Forge, LLC VT$19.7M · 0.35%
Simon Pearce (US) Inc. VT$18.7M · 0.37%
The Lane Press, Inc. VT$17.1M · 0.42%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 030212647 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.