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Kerber, Eck & Braeckel LLP401(k)

KERBER, ECK & BRAECKEL LLP 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN · SPRINGFIELD, IL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.08%

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

Kerber, Eck & Braeckel LLP reported $58,074 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.08% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $7,565 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 3 years on file its reported administrative ratio has held roughly steady near 0.081%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other professional & technical services employers. By assets it is the 692nd-largest of 3,702 plans among Illinois employers on file, and the 1,945th of 11,654 in professional & technical services. In 2024, the employer put in $1.26 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$74,518,888
Participants with balances388
Active participants196
Employer contributions$1,482,782
Employee contributions$1,174,598
Employer contribution per active participant$7,565
Average account balance$192,059
Benefits paid to participants$3,051,922
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorDOEHRING, WINDERS & CO. LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$74.5M · 388 accts · $1.5M emplr
2023$69.1M · 378 accts · $1.4M emplr
2022$60.2M · 362 accts · $1.4M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$35,906
Trustee / custodial$22,168
Total administrative$58,074
The Kerber, Eck & Braeckel LLP 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$7,565
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$7,565 per active participant
2023$7,788 per active participant
2022$7,727 per active participant

Kerber, Eck & Braeckel LLP's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $3,635 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.

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
NEWPORT GROUP, INC. · Contract administrator · Recordkeeping$36,057
NEWPORT TRUST COMPANY · Recordkeeping · Other services$22,168

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024NEWPORT TRUST COMPANY, Newport (Ascensus)
2023NEWPORT TRUST COMPANY, Newport (Ascensus)

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Administrative cost history3
2024$58,074 · 0.08%
2023$55,293 · 0.09%
2022$51,340 · 0.08%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 430352985 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.