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Phononic, Inc401(k)

PHONONIC, INC · DURHAM, NC · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.49%

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

Phononic, Inc reported $48,887 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.49% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $5,706 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 0.74% to 0.49%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in North Carolina (1,088th of 2,005), and 8,614th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $2.58 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 159 to 82 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$10,385,593
Participants with balances145
Active participants82
Employer contributions$467,924
Employee contributions$1,208,587
Employer contribution per active participant$5,706
Average account balance$71,625
Benefits paid to participants$2,041,153
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$10.4M · 145 accts · $468K emplr
2023$9.4M · 172 accts · $607K emplr
2022$7.1M · 209 accts
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$28,965
Investment management$19,922
Total administrative$48,887
The Phononic, Inc 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$5,706
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$5,706 per active participant
2023$4,933 per active participant

Phononic, Inc's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $1,313 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 · 20243
ADP, INC. · Loan processing · Recordkeeping$28,965
MORGAN STANLEY SMITH BARNEY · Recordkeeping · Trustee$19,922
ADP BROKER-DEALERindirect comp

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024ADP, Morgan Stanley
2023ADP, Morgan Stanley

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Administrative cost history3
2024$48,887 · 0.49%
2023$55,756 · 0.68%
2022$58,189 · 0.74%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 263664373 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.