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Lb&B Associates Inc.401(k)

LB&B ASSOCIATES INC. RETIREMENT PLAN · COLUMBIA, MD · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.57%

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

Lb&B Associates Inc. reported $137,499 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.57% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $3,660 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 0.68% to 0.57%. 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 530th-largest of 1,671 plans among Maryland employers on file, and the 4,604th of 11,654 in professional & technical services. In 2024, employees put in $1.09 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 325 to 386 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$26,126,536
Participants with balances324
Active participants386
Employer contributions$1,412,950
Employee contributions$1,545,198
Employer contribution per active participant$3,660
Average account balance$80,637
Benefits paid to participants$2,200,969
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$26.1M · 324 accts · $1.4M emplr
2023$22.1M · 308 accts · $1.3M emplr
2022$17.4M · 309 accts · $1.2M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$6,335
Investment management$65,429
Total administrative$137,499
The Lb&B Associates Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$3,660
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$3,660 per active participant
2023$2,987 per active participant
2022$3,738 per active participant

Lb&B Associates Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran above the $2,416 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 · 20243
JOHN HANCOCK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Recordkeeping · Investment management$4,094
EDWARD D. JONES & CO., L.P. · Investment advisory (participants)$60,582
NWPS · Loan processing$6,335

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024John Hancock
2023John Hancock

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Administrative cost history3
2024$137,499 · 0.57%
2023$125,496 · 0.64%
2022$129,498 · 0.68%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 561768228 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.