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Monterey Peninsula Engineering401(k)

MONTEREY PENINSULA ENGINEERING RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN · MARINA, CA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.61%

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

Monterey Peninsula Engineering reported $137,320 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.61% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $16,012 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 0.48% to 0.61%. 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 3,244th-largest of 9,483 plans among California employers on file, and the 4,975th of 11,654 in professional & technical services. In 2024, the employer put in $4.69 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves; active participation has grown from 97 to 111 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$23,523,117
Participants with balances243
Active participants111
Employer contributions$1,777,345
Employee contributions$378,778
Employer contribution per active participant$16,012
Average account balance$96,803
Benefits paid to participants$2,219,175
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$23.5M · 243 accts · $1.8M emplr
2023$21.2M · 240 accts · $1.2M emplr
2022$19.0M · 236 accts · $1.3M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$44,326
Investment management$79,494
Audit (IQPA)$13,500
Total administrative$137,320
The Monterey Peninsula Engineering 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$16,012
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$16,012 per active participant
2023$12,366 per active participant
2022$13,698 per active participant

Monterey Peninsula Engineering'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
BENECO SYSTEMS, LLC · Participant communication · Recordkeeping$123,820
FARBER HASS HURLEY LLP · Accounting / audit$13,500

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024BENECO SYSTEMS, LLC
2023BENECO SYSTEMS, LLC

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Administrative cost history3
2024$137,320 · 0.61%
2023$127,825 · 0.63%
2022$100,674 · 0.48%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 942697245 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.