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Samuel Merritt University401(k)

SAMUEL MERRITT UNIVERSITY 403(B) PLAN · OAKLAND, CA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.00%

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

Samuel Merritt University reported $175 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.00% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $3,456 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 0.000% to 0.000%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other educational services employers. By assets it is the 991st-largest of 9,483 plans among California employers on file, and the 520th of 3,091 in educational services. In 2024, employees put in $1.55 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 673 to 755 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$101,200,941
Participants with balances925
Active participants755
Employer contributions$2,609,375
Employee contributions$4,050,594
Employer contribution per active participant$3,456
Average account balance$109,406
Benefits paid to participants$9,996,745
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorHOOD & STRONG, LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$101.2M · 925 accts · $2.6M emplr
2023$90.1M · 545 accts · $2.5M emplr
2022$75.1M · 502 accts · $2.4M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$175
Total administrative$175
The Samuel Merritt University 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$3,456
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$3,456 per active participant
2023$3,569 per active participant
2022$3,596 per active participant

Samuel Merritt University's 2024 employer contribution ran below 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.

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.

Administrative cost history3
2024$175 · 0.00%
2023$175 · 0.00%
2022$250 · 0.00%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 942992642 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.