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Lower, LLC000000000401(k)

LOWER LLC 401(K) RETIREMENT PLAN · COLUMBIA, MD · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.74%

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

Lower, LLC000000000 reported $290,429 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.74% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $421 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 0.81% to 0.74%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other finance & insurance employers. By assets it is the 331st-largest of 1,671 plans among Maryland employers on file, and the 1,727th of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2024, employees put in $11.19 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$48,046,955
Participants with balances1,143
Active participants981
Employer contributions$412,906
Employee contributions$4,618,986
Employer contribution per active participant$421
Average account balance$42,036
Benefits paid to participants$10,599,163
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$48.0M · 1,143 accts · $413K emplr
2023$30.6M · 1,357 accts · $69K emplr
2022$21.0M · 944 accts · $486K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$290,429
Total administrative$290,429
The Lower, LLC000000000 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$421
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$421 per active participant
2023$94 per active participant
2022$474 per active participant

Lower, LLC000000000'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.

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
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator · Loan processing$290,428
WELLS FARGO CLEARING SERVICES LLC · Other servicesindirect comp
WELLS FARGO ADVISORS INS AGENCY LLC · Other servicesindirect 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$290,429 · 0.74%
2023$208,879 · 0.81%
2022$176,376 · 0.81%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 463689142 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.