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Lja Engineering, Inc.ESOP

LJA ENGINEERING ESOP · HOUSTON, TX · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.05%

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

Lja Engineering, Inc. reported $202,664 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.05% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $9,717 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 0.06% to 0.05%. The plan sits in the $250M–$1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 2,883 comparable plans and shown alongside other professional & technical services employers. By assets it is the 220th-largest of 5,688 plans among Texas employers on file, and the 406th of 11,654 in professional & technical services. active participation has grown from 1,434 to 2,470 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$437,353,920
Participants with balances2,824
Active participants2,470
Employer contributions$24,000,000
Employee contributions—
Employer contribution per active participant$9,717
Average account balance$154,870
Benefits paid to participants$19,657,701
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$437.4M · 2,824 accts · $24.0M emplr
2023$354.7M · 2,138 accts · $19.5M emplr
2022$312.7M · 1,769 accts · $16.0M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$47,933
Investment management$154,731
Total administrative$202,664
Employer contributions to the Lja Engineering, Inc. plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$9,717
Median for plans this size$4,294
2024$9,717 per active participant
2023$11,111 per active participant
2022$11,158 per active participant

Lja Engineering, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran above the $4,294 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
TRANSITIONS FINANCE STRATEGIES · Recordkeeping$47,933
CHARLES SCHWAB BANK · Custodial (securities) · Trustee (directed)$154,731

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024TRANSITIONS FINANCE STRATEGIES
2023BLUE RIDGE ESOP ASSOCIATES, TRANSITIONS FINANCE STRATEGIES

This plan has changed recordkeepers within these filings. If you left Lja Engineering, 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$202,664 · 0.05%
2023$192,948 · 0.06%
2022$165,757 · 0.06%
All plans at this employer2
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 760540328 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.