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Molecular Epidemiology, Inc.401(k)

MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY, INC. 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN · LAKE FOREST PARK, WA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.75%

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

Molecular Epidemiology, Inc. reported $229,530 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.75% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $706 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 0.75%. 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 479th-largest of 1,714 plans among Washington employers on file, and the 3,780th of 11,654 in professional & technical services. In 2024, employees put in $3.27 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 1,233 to 1,373 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$34,040,484
Participants with balances933
Active participants1,373
Employer contributions$969,425
Employee contributions$3,173,534
Employer contribution per active participant$706
Average account balance$36,485
Benefits paid to participants$1,211,998
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorVISSE & COMPANY
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$34.0M · 933 accts · $969K emplr
2023$26.9M · 844 accts · $814K emplr
2022$21.6M · 835 accts · $393K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$229,530
Total administrative$229,530
The Molecular Epidemiology, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$706
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$706 per active participant
2023$612 per active participant
2022$319 per active participant

Molecular Epidemiology, Inc.'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 · 20244
TRANSAMERICA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Recordkeeping · Loan processing$69,108
HUNNEX AND SHOEMAKER, INC. · Recordkeeping · Loan processing$33,311
ASSUREDPARTNERS FINANCIAL SERVICES · Investment advisory (plan)$39,912
M HOLDINGS SECURITIES, INC. · Investment advisory (plan)$24,528

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024HUNNEX AND SHOEMAKER, INC., Transamerica
2023HUNNEX AND SHOEMAKER, INC., Transamerica

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Administrative cost history3
2024$229,530 · 0.75%
2023$181,103 · 0.75%
2022$180,087 · 0.81%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 911759869 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.