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Metropolitan Development Council403(b)

METROPOLITAN DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL 403(B) PLAN · TACOMA, WA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
1.18%

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

Metropolitan Development Council reported $71,410 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 1.18% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $2,490 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 1.00% to 1.18%. 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 Washington (1,284th of 1,714), and 7,309th of 11,911 in health care & social assistance. In 2024, the employer put in $1.62 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves; active participation has shrunk from 178 to 159 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$6,080,550
Participants with balances488
Active participants159
Employer contributions$395,898
Employee contributions$243,743
Employer contribution per active participant$2,490
Average account balance$12,460
Benefits paid to participants$959,425
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorJOHNSON, STONE & PAGANO, P.S.
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$6.1M · 488 accts · $396K emplr
2023$6.0M · 513 accts · $387K emplr
2022$5.6M · 527 accts · $399K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$15,771
Investment management$42,309
Total administrative$71,410
Employer contributions to the Metropolitan Development Council plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,490
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$2,490 per active participant
2023$2,546 per active participant
2022$2,240 per active participant

Metropolitan Development Council'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 · 20244
D.A. DAVIDSON · Insurance broker · Investment advisory (participants)$42,309
PCS$15,731
PROFESSIONAL BENEFIT SERVICES · Loan processing · Other services$13,330
RELIASTAR LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY,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 history3
2024$71,410 · 1.18%
2023$72,062 · 1.24%
2022$58,817 · 1.00%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 910780533 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.