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Lower Shore Clinic, Inc.401(k)

LOWER SHORE CLINIC, INC. 401(K) PLAN · SALISBURY, MD · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
1.23%

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

Lower Shore Clinic, Inc. reported $54,919 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 1.23% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $2,985 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 1.10% to 1.23%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other health care & social assistance employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Maryland (1,299th of 1,671), and 8,038th of 11,911 in health care & social assistance. In 2024, employees put in $1.16 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 126 to 143 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$4,763,924
Participants with balances173
Active participants143
Employer contributions$426,809
Employee contributions$496,122
Employer contribution per active participant$2,985
Average account balance$27,537
Benefits paid to participants$813,043
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$4.8M · 173 accts · $427K emplr
2023$4.2M · 168 accts · $404K emplr
2022$3.0M · 158 accts · $362K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$31,845
Total administrative$54,919
The Lower Shore Clinic, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,985
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$2,985 per active participant
2023$3,159 per active participant
2022$2,876 per active participant

Lower Shore Clinic, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran above the $1,313 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 · 20243
ADP, INC · Loan processing · Recordkeeping$31,845
CETERA ADVISORS · Investment advisory (participants) · Investment advisory (plan)$14,961
POLLARD & ASSOCIATES, INC. · Pension consulting$8,113

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

Recordkeeper by year2
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2023ADP

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Administrative cost history3
2024$54,919 · 1.23%
2023$37,867 · 1.05%
2022$36,525 · 1.10%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 521976585 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.