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Palm Engineering Construction Company Inc.401(k)

PALM ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION COMPANY INC. RETIREMENT PLAN · SAN DIEGO, CA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
2.56%

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

Palm Engineering Construction Company Inc. reported $24,283 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 2.56% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $5,114 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 2.20% to 2.56%. The plan sits in the under $1M size bracket, benchmarked here against 1,109 comparable plans and shown alongside other construction employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in California (8,809th of 9,483), and 5,097th of 5,337 in construction. In 2024, the employer put in $116.53 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves; active participation has grown from 62 to 69 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$1,047,467
Participants with balances65
Active participants69
Employer contributions$352,862
Employee contributions$3,028
Employer contribution per active participant$5,114
Average account balance$16,115
Benefits paid to participants$264,630
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$1.0M · 65 accts · $353K emplr
2023$849K · 114 accts · $278K emplr
2022$563K · 131 accts · $305K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$24,283
Total administrative$24,283
The Palm Engineering Construction Company Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$5,114
Median for plans this size$540
2024$5,114 per active participant
2023$3,605 per active participant
2022$4,925 per active participant

Palm Engineering Construction Company Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran above the $540 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.

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.

Service providers · 20242
ECONOMIC GROUP PENSION SERVICES LLC$10,650
VOYA FINANCIAL ADVISORS, INC. · Investment advisory (participants)$3,555

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

Administrative cost history3
2024$24,283 · 2.56%
2023$10,849 · 1.54%
2022$10,902 · 2.20%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 710973001 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.