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Monterey Financial Services, LLC401(k)

MONTEREY FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC 401(K) PLAN AND TRUST · OCEANSIDE, CA · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.82%

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

Monterey Financial Services, LLC reported $76,372 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.82% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,685 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 has held roughly steady near 0.82%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 22,307 comparable plans and shown alongside other finance & insurance employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in California (5,336th of 9,483), and 3,941st of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2023, employees put in $2.86 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$10,410,688
Participants with balances99
Active participants90
Employer contributions$151,660
Employee contributions$434,047
Employer contribution per active participant$1,685
Average account balance$105,158
Benefits paid to participants$128,428
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history2
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2023$10.4M · 99 accts · $152K emplr
2022$8.3M · 103 accts · $153K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Recordkeeping & contract admin$44,523
Investment management$31,849
Total administrative$76,372
The Monterey Financial Services, LLC 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$1,685
Median for plans this size$1,308
2023$1,685 per active participant
2022$1,825 per active participant

Monterey Financial Services, LLC's 2023 employer contribution ran above the $1,308 median for plans its size. 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 · 20232
JOHN HANCOCK USA · Recordkeeping · Investment management$524
UBS FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC. · Investment advisory (participants)$31,849

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$76,372 · 0.82%
2022$70,845 · 0.78%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 330369207 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.