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Nichols Cauley & Associates, LLC401(k)

NICHOLS CAULEY & ASSOCIATES LLC 401K · DUBLIN, GA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.10%

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

Nichols Cauley & Associates, LLC reported $33,606 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.10% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $4,112 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 0.00% to 0.10%. 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 615th-largest of 2,160 plans among Georgia employers on file, and the 3,728th of 11,654 in professional & technical services. In 2024, employees put in $2.17 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 144 to 204 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$34,597,132
Participants with balances217
Active participants204
Employer contributions$838,777
Employee contributions$1,816,841
Employer contribution per active participant$4,112
Average account balance$159,434
Benefits paid to participants$1,728,830
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$34.6M · 217 accts · $839K emplr
2023$29.9M · 213 accts · $665K emplr
2022$26.2M · 202 accts · $648K emplr
The Nichols Cauley & Associates, LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$4,112
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$4,112 per active participant
2023$3,342 per active participant
2022$4,501 per active participant

Nichols Cauley & Associates, LLC's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $2,416 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 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Administrative cost history3
2024$33,606 · 0.10%
2023$25,792 · 0.09%
2022$575 · 0.00%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 582475857 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.