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Smart Local 104, District 3 401(A)Money purchase plan

SMART LOCAL 104, DISTRICT 3 401(A) PLAN · VENTURA, CA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.78%

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

Smart Local 104, District 3 401(A) reported $198,008 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.78% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,879 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 rose from 0.60% to 0.78%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other construction employers. By assets it is the 2,863rd-largest of 9,483 plans among California employers on file, and the 1,626th of 5,337 in construction. In 2024, the employer put in $6.48 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$27,546,625
Participants with balances588
Active participants1,111
Employer contributions$2,087,413
Employee contributions$322,210
Employer contribution per active participant$1,879
Average account balance$46,848
Benefits paid to participants$482,732
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$27.5M · 588 accts · $2.1M emplr
2023$23.0M · 580 accts · $1.8M emplr
2022$19.1M · 583 accts · $1.8M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$103,515
Investment management$49,427
Audit (IQPA)$14,600
Total administrative$198,008
Employer contributions to the Smart Local 104, District 3 401(A) plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,879
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$1,879 per active participant
2023$1,600 per active participant
2022$1,648 per active participant

Smart Local 104, District 3 401(A)'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 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 · 20243
SMART LOCAL 104 DISTRICT 3401(A) · Investment advisory (plan)$69,515
MORGAN STANLEY$49,427

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$198,008 · 0.78%
2023$225,375 · 1.07%
2022$121,053 · 0.60%
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Gray West Construction Inc. CA$27.4M · 0.51%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 770352309 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.