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Metro Fire Equipment401(k)

METRO FIRE EQUIPMENT 401K PLAN · GILBERT, AZ · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.01%

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

Metro Fire Equipment reported $763 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.01% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $2,821 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 0.39% to 0.01%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 22,307 comparable plans and shown alongside other wholesale trade employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Arizona (675th of 1,285), and 3,241st of 4,246 in wholesale trade. In 2023, employees put in $1.69 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$7,806,284
Participants with balances192
Active participants142
Employer contributions$400,621
Employee contributions$678,070
Employer contribution per active participant$2,821
Average account balance$40,658
Benefits paid to participants$73,862
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorLEGACY CPAS
Plan history2
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2023$7.8M · 192 accts · $401K emplr
2022$5.7M · 166 accts · $350K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Investment management$763
Total administrative$763
The Metro Fire Equipment 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$2,821
Median for plans this size$1,308
2023$2,821 per active participant
2022$1,060 per active participant

Metro Fire Equipment's 2023 employer contribution ran above the $1,308 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 2023 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20233
EDWARD JONES · Investment advisory (plan)$21,401
SUNBURST PENSION SERVICES · Contract administrator$1,300
CAPITAL GROUP RETIREMENT PLAN SVCS$1,063

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

Administrative cost history2
2023$763 · 0.01%
2022$22,830 · 0.39%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 860634166 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.