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Life Ems, Inc.401(k)

LIFE EMS INC RETIREMENT AND SAVINGS PLAN · GRAND RAPIDS, MI · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.29%

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

Life Ems, Inc. reported $91,607 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.29% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $725 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 0.36% to 0.29%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other health care & social assistance employers. By assets it is the 709th-largest of 2,619 plans among Michigan employers on file, and the 2,515th of 11,911 in health care & social assistance. In 2024, employees put in $4.99 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 574 to 666 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$34,201,675
Participants with balances868
Active participants666
Employer contributions$482,671
Employee contributions$2,410,815
Employer contribution per active participant$725
Average account balance$39,403
Benefits paid to participants$1,120,305
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorMONROE SWEERIS & TROMP PLC
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$34.2M · 868 accts · $483K emplr
2023$28.3M · 835 accts · $382K emplr
2022$22.3M · 855 accts · $345K emplr
The Life Ems, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$725
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$725 per active participant
2023$585 per active participant
2022$601 per active participant

Life Ems, 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.

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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
WINTRUST PRIVATE TRUST COMPANY · Recordkeeping · Custodial (securities)$91,607

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024WINTRUST PRIVATE TRUST COMPANY
2023MACATAWA BANK RETIREMENT PLAN SVCS

This plan has changed recordkeepers within these filings. If you left Life Ems, Inc. before a switch, your account may sit at the earlier firm or in a rollover IRA. Looking for an account from a past job here? How to find an old 401(k).

Administrative cost history3
2024$91,607 · 0.29%
2023$79,081 · 0.31%
2022$90,296 · 0.36%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 382285796 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.