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North Carolina State Firefighters' Association401(k)

NORTH CAROLINA STATE FIREFIGHTERS' ASSOCIATION DEFINED CONTRIBUTION RETIREMENT PLAN · RALEIGH, NC · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.52%

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

North Carolina State Firefighters' Association reported $127,903 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.52% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $2,128 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 1 year on file its reported administrative ratio fell from 0.57% to 0.52%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 26,779 comparable plans and shown alongside other health care & social assistance employers. By assets it is the 618th-largest of 2,005 plans among North Carolina employers on file, and the 3,081st of 11,911 in health care & social assistance. In 2023, the employer put in $1.02 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$26,012,153
Participants with balances844
Active participants868
Employer contributions$1,847,223
Employee contributions$1,814,800
Employer contribution per active participant$2,128
Average account balance$30,820
Benefits paid to participants$1,265,272
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorTHOMAS JUDY & TUCKER
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$0 · $1.4M emplr
2023$26.0M · 844 accts · $1.8M emplr
2022$23.4M · 933 accts · $1.5M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Recordkeeping & contract admin$127,903
Total administrative$127,903
The North Carolina State Firefighters' Association 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$2,128
Median for plans this size$2,440
2023$2,128 per active participant
2022$1,872 per active participant

North Carolina State Firefighters' Association's 2023 employer contribution ran below the $2,440 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 · 20234
RETIREMENT PLAN SOLUTIONS, INC. · Contract administrator$43,868
EMPOWER ADVISORY GROUP, LLC · Investment management$4,507
THOMAS JUDY & TUCKER, PA · Accounting / audit$4,000

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

Administrative cost history3
2024Not separately reported
2023$127,903 · 0.52%
2022$138,521 · 0.57%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 560614254 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.