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Kay and Associates, Inc.401(k)

KAY & ASSOCIATES, INC. PROFIT SHARING & RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN · BUFFALO GROVE, IL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.61%

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

Kay and Associates, Inc. reported $125,243 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.61% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,167 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 0.84% to 0.61%. 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 1,564th-largest of 3,702 plans among Illinois employers on file, and the 5,038th of 11,654 in professional & technical services. In 2024, employees put in $1.67 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 1,016 to 1,368 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$23,103,103
Participants with balances862
Active participants1,368
Employer contributions$1,596,652
Employee contributions$2,664,440
Employer contribution per active participant$1,167
Average account balance$26,802
Benefits paid to participants$1,823,270
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorCDH CPA, PLLC
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$23.1M · 862 accts · $1.6M emplr
2023$18.0M · 789 accts · $1.1M emplr
2022$13.7M · 544 accts · $772K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$78,965
Investment management$46,278
Total administrative$125,243
The Kay and Associates, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,167
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$1,167 per active participant
2023$984 per active participant
2022$760 per active participant

Kay and Associates, 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 · 20242
CAPITAL GROUP RETIREMENT PLAN SVCS. · Trustee (directed) · Other services$78,965
EDWARD JONES · Investment advisory (plan)$46,278

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$125,243 · 0.61%
2023$142,143 · 0.90%
2022$121,032 · 0.84%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 362432478 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.