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Paulas Choice, LLC401(k)

PAULAS CHOICE RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN · SEATTLE, WA · plan year 2022

Reported admin expense ratio · 2022
0.52%

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

Paulas Choice, LLC reported $66,961 in plan administrative expenses for 2022: 0.52% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $3,687 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.

The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 26,806 comparable plans and shown alongside other professional & technical services employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Washington (922nd of 1,714), and 7,114th of 11,654 in professional & technical services. In 2022, employees put in $2.03 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$12,951,439
Participants with balances299
Active participants221
Employer contributions$814,896
Employee contributions$1,650,534
Employer contribution per active participant$3,687
Average account balance$43,316
Benefits paid to participants$392,952
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorBDO USA, LLP
Plan history2
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2023$0 · $651K emplr
2022$13.0M · 299 accts · $815K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2022
Investment management$37,148
Total administrative$66,961
The Paulas Choice, LLC 401(k) match · 2022
Employer contribution per active participant$3,687
Median for plans this size$2,266

Paulas Choice, LLC's 2022 employer contribution ran above the $2,266 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 2022 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Administrative cost history2
2023Not separately reported
2022$66,961 · 0.52%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 911677664 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.