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Lowe Engineers, LLC401(k)

LOWE ENGINEERS, LLC 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN · ATLANTA, GA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.85%

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

Lowe Engineers, LLC reported $61,566 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.85% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,997 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 rose from 0.59% to 0.85%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other professional & technical services employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Georgia (1,418th of 2,160), and 8,874th of 11,654 in professional & technical services. In 2024, employees put in $3.07 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 103 to 134 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$7,496,124
Participants with balances210
Active participants134
Employer contributions$267,632
Employee contributions$822,950
Employer contribution per active participant$1,997
Average account balance$35,696
Benefits paid to participants$1,654,220
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$7.5M · 210 accts · $268K emplr
2023$7.0M · 201 accts · $241K emplr
2022$5.7M · 176 accts · $217K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$48,247
Investment management$44
Total administrative$61,566
The Lowe Engineers, LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,997
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$1,997 per active participant
2023$1,722 per active participant
2022$2,108 per active participant

Lowe Engineers, LLC's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $1,313 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 · 20244
SMITH AND HOWARD PC · Investment advisory (participants)$12,000
ARISTA ADVISORY GROUPindirect comp
ALERA INVESTMENT ADVISORSindirect comp

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$61,566 · 0.85%
2023$57,797 · 0.91%
2022$35,112 · 0.59%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 582409024 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.