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Phelps Dunbar, LLP401(k)

PHELPS DUNBAR, LLP SAVINGS AND RETIREMENT PLAN · NEW ORLEANS, LA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.06%

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

Phelps Dunbar, LLP reported $172,039 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.06% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $9,967 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 0.07% to 0.06%. The plan sits in the $250M–$1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 2,883 comparable plans and shown alongside other professional & technical services employers. By assets it is the 23rd-largest of 884 plans among Louisiana employers on file, and the 574th of 11,654 in professional & technical services. In 2024, the employer put in $1.10 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves; active participation has grown from 614 to 727 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$294,867,711
Participants with balances829
Active participants727
Employer contributions$7,246,016
Employee contributions$6,566,284
Employer contribution per active participant$9,967
Average account balance$355,691
Benefits paid to participants$19,686,697
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorBOURGEOIS BENNETT, LLC
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$294.9M · 829 accts · $7.2M emplr
2023$258.9M · 780 accts · $6.5M emplr
2022$228.7M · 766 accts · $6.0M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$42,465
Investment management$19,728
Audit (IQPA)$109,280
Total administrative$172,039
The Phelps Dunbar, LLP 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$9,967
Median for plans this size$4,294
2024$9,967 per active participant
2023$10,299 per active participant
2022$9,767 per active participant

Phelps Dunbar, LLP's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $4,294 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 · 20247
MILLIMAN · Accounting / audit$57,988
CREATIVE PLANNING · Accounting / audit$51,292
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$43,627
NEWEDGE ADVISORS, LLC · Investment advisory (participants)$34,171
HARDY REED, LLC · Investment advisory (participants)$25,778
WAVERLY ADVISORS, LLC · Investment advisory (participants)$20,738
STRATEGIC ADVISORS, INC. · Investment advisory (plan)$19,728

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$172,039 · 0.06%
2023$180,092 · 0.07%
2022$177,892 · 0.07%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 720358621 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.