Nichols Contracting, Inc.401(k)
NICHOLS CONTRACTING, INC. 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN · COLUMBIA, MD · plan year 2024
Peer grade: B · admin costs + employer contributions vs same-size plans · how grading works
Nichols Contracting, Inc. reported $37,466 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.85% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $2,965 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 0.99% to 0.85%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other construction employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Maryland (1,289th of 1,671), and 4,010th of 5,337 in construction. In 2024, employees put in $1.53 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 82 to 161 since 2022.
Nichols Contracting, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran above the $1,313 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.
Annual cost at the plan's reported 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.
Compensation shown is direct payments from plan assets reported on Schedule C. Providers paid through fund revenue-sharing appear as indirect.
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 521746672 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.