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Mountain Area Health Education Center, Inc.403(b)

MOUNTAIN AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTER, INC. RETIREMENT PLAN · ASHEVILLE, NC · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.30%

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

Mountain Area Health Education Center, Inc. reported $213,913 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.30% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,448 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 0.28% to 0.30%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other health care & social assistance employers. By assets it is the 276th-largest of 2,005 plans among North Carolina employers on file, and the 1,391st of 11,911 in health care & social assistance. In 2024, employees put in $3.37 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$73,503,076
Participants with balances1,275
Active participants1,092
Employer contributions$1,581,758
Employee contributions$5,328,489
Employer contribution per active participant$1,448
Average account balance$57,649
Benefits paid to participants$12,254,838
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$73.5M · 1,275 accts · $1.6M emplr
2023$67.7M · 1,255 accts · $1.4M emplr
2022$54.2M · 1,173 accts · $1.3M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$213,913
Total administrative$213,913
Employer contributions to the Mountain Area Health Education Center, Inc. plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,448
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$1,448 per active participant
2023$1,292 per active participant
2022$1,281 per active participant

Mountain Area Health Education Center, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $3,635 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 · 20242
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator · Loan processing$213,240
COLTON GROOME FINANCIAL ADVISORS, L · Investment advisory (plan)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$213,913 · 0.30%
2023$176,696 · 0.29%
2022$163,149 · 0.28%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 561071426 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.