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Search, Inc.401(k)

SEARCH RETIREMENT PLAN · CHICAGO, IL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.70%

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

Search, Inc. reported $98,214 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.70% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $5,172 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 0.75% to 0.70%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other health care & social assistance employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Illinois (1,976th of 3,702), and the 4,427th of 11,911 in health care & social assistance. In 2024, the employer put in $3.64 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves; active participation has grown from 209 to 250 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$15,294,757
Participants with balances333
Active participants250
Employer contributions$1,293,049
Employee contributions$355,654
Employer contribution per active participant$5,172
Average account balance$45,930
Benefits paid to participants$620,903
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorMILLER, COOPER & CO., LTD.
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$15.3M · 333 accts · $1.3M emplr
2023$12.8M · 260 accts · $1.1M emplr
2022$12.0M · 255 accts · $934K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$18,060
Investment management$1,350
Total administrative$98,214
The Search, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$5,172
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$5,172 per active participant
2023$5,441 per active participant
2022$4,468 per active participant

Search, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran above the $2,416 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 · 20242
CETERA INVESTMENT ADVISERS LLC · Investment advisory (participants)$1,350

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024John Hancock
2023John Hancock

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Administrative cost history3
2024$98,214 · 0.70%
2023$53,542 · 0.43%
2022$85,357 · 0.75%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 237058758 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.