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Northstar Emergency Services, Inc401(k)

NORCAL AMBULANCE 401(K) PLAN AND TRUST · DUBLIN, CA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.17%

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

Northstar Emergency Services, Inc reported $8,915 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.17% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $296 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 0.15% to 0.17%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other health care & social assistance employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in California (6,624th of 9,483), and 7,286th of 11,911 in health care & social assistance. In 2024, employees put in $5.70 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 574 to 871 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$6,128,119
Participants with balances1,676
Active participants871
Employer contributions$258,041
Employee contributions$1,471,201
Employer contribution per active participant$296
Average account balance$3,656
Benefits paid to participants$220,097
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$6.1M · 1,676 accts · $258K emplr
2023$4.1M · 1,312 accts · $202K emplr
2022$2.3M · 851 accts · $132K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$8,915
Total administrative$8,915
The Northstar Emergency Services, Inc 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$296
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$296 per active participant
2023$253 per active participant
2022$230 per active participant

Northstar Emergency Services, Inc's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $1,313 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.

Administrative cost history3
2024$8,915 · 0.17%
2023$5,724 · 0.18%
2022$3,235 · 0.15%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 201783317 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.