Plan Ledger DOL Form 5500 · updated monthly

Pricesmart, Inc.401(k)

THE RETIREMENT PLAN OF PRICESMART, INC. · SAN DIEGO, CA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.04%

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

Pricesmart, Inc. reported $39,657 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.04% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $6,194 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 0.05% to 0.04%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other wholesale trade employers. By assets it is the 1,048th-largest of 9,483 plans among California employers on file, and the 435th of 4,246 in wholesale trade. In 2024, employees put in $1.29 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$95,223,932
Participants with balances950
Active participants576
Employer contributions$3,567,911
Employee contributions$4,619,210
Employer contribution per active participant$6,194
Average account balance$100,236
Benefits paid to participants$10,888,874
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorPKF SAN DIEGO, LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$95.2M · 950 accts · $3.6M emplr
2023$86.2M · 937 accts · $3.3M emplr
2022$69.1M · 959 accts · $3.1M emplr
The Pricesmart, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$6,194
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$6,194 per active participant
2023$5,518 per active participant
2022$5,146 per active participant

Pricesmart, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran above the $3,635 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.

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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 · 20241

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$39,657 · 0.04%
2023$40,169 · 0.05%
2022$40,528 · 0.05%
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The Bobrick Corporation CA$92.1M · 0.17%
Jordano's, Inc. CA$90.3M · 0.04%
Rsd - Total Control CA$89.3M · 0.01%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 330628530 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.