Northern California Institute for Research and Education403(b)

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

Northern California Institute for Research and Education reported $94,972 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.31% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $3,028 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 0.42% to 0.31%. 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 2,507th-largest of 9,483 plans among California employers on file, and the 3,889th 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 227 to 254 since 2022.