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Science & Engineering Services, Inc.401(k)

SCIENCE & ENGINEERING SERVICES, INC. 401(K) PLAN · COLUMBIA, MD · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.02%

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

Science & Engineering Services, Inc. reported $10,510 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.02% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $3,324 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 0.03% to 0.02%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other professional & technical services employers. By assets it is the 240th-largest of 1,671 plans among Maryland employers on file, and the 2,031st of 11,654 in professional & technical services. In 2024, employees put in $1.93 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 540 to 673 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$71,529,227
Participants with balances858
Active participants673
Employer contributions$2,236,995
Employee contributions$4,323,311
Employer contribution per active participant$3,324
Average account balance$83,367
Benefits paid to participants$6,872,426
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorAPRIO, LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$71.5M · 858 accts · $2.2M emplr
2023$61.8M · 843 accts · $1.7M emplr
2022$51.0M · 830 accts · $2.1M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$650
Investment management$9,860
Total administrative$10,510
The Science & Engineering Services, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$3,324
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$3,324 per active participant
2023$2,895 per active participant
2022$3,901 per active participant

Science & Engineering Services, Inc.'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.

Service providers · 20242
STRATEGIC ADVISORS, INC. · Investment advisory (plan)$9,860

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$10,510 · 0.02%
2023$15,922 · 0.03%
2022$16,047 · 0.03%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 521569411 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.