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Pafford Emergency Medical Services, Inc.401(k)

PAFFORD EMS 401(K) PLAN · RUSTON, LA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.31%

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

Pafford Emergency Medical Services, Inc. reported $15,711 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.31% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $356 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 0.34% to 0.31%. 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 Louisiana (578th of 884), and 7,516th of 11,911 in health care & social assistance. In 2024, employees put in $2.43 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 495 to 790 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$5,704,568
Participants with balances339
Active participants790
Employer contributions$280,978
Employee contributions$681,888
Employer contribution per active participant$356
Average account balance$16,828
Benefits paid to participants$280,731
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorTMCE, LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$5.7M · 339 accts · $281K emplr
2023$4.4M · 309 accts · $279K emplr
2022$3.0M · 298 accts · $395K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$15,711
Total administrative$15,711
The Pafford Emergency Medical Services, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$356
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$356 per active participant
2023$527 per active participant
2022$799 per active participant

Pafford Emergency Medical 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$15,711 · 0.31%
2023$12,282 · 0.33%
2022$9,999 · 0.34%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 721451789 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.