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Marketing Architects, Inc.401(k)

MARKETING ARCHITECTS, INC. 401(K) PLAN · MINNETONKA, MN · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.26%

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

Marketing Architects, Inc. reported $57,975 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.26% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $4,782 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 1 year on file its reported administrative ratio fell from 0.29% to 0.26%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other professional & technical services employers. By assets it is the 792nd-largest of 1,918 plans among Minnesota employers on file, and the 4,830th of 11,654 in professional & technical services. In 2024, employees put in $2.85 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$24,498,055
Participants with balances138
Active participants122
Employer contributions$583,369
Employee contributions$1,661,337
Employer contribution per active participant$4,782
Average account balance$177,522
Benefits paid to participants$736,542
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history2
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$24.5M · 138 accts · $583K emplr
2023$20.0M · 129 accts · $579K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$57,975
Total administrative$57,975
The Marketing Architects, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$4,782
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$4,782 per active participant
2023$5,307 per active participant

Marketing Architects, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran above the $2,416 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
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator · Loan processing$57,975
SAGEVIEW ADVISORY GROUP, LLC · Investment advisory (plan)indirect comp

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

Administrative cost history2
2024$57,975 · 0.26%
2023$53,970 · 0.29%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 411865444 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.