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Smith Mechanical401(k)

SMITH MECHANICAL 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN · COLUMBIA, MD · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.95%

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

Smith Mechanical reported $38,700 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.95% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $0 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 0.72% to 0.95%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other construction employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Maryland (1,331st of 1,671), and 4,134th of 5,337 in construction. active participation has shrunk from 131 to 112 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$4,334,884
Participants with balances176
Active participants112
Employer contributions$0
Employee contributions$231,548
Employer contribution per active participant$0
Average account balance$24,630
Benefits paid to participants$186,091
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$4.3M · 176 accts
2023$3.8M · 175 accts
2022$3.4M · 188 accts · $40K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$38,700
Total administrative$38,700
The Smith Mechanical 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$0
Median for plans this size$1,313

Smith Mechanical's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $1,313 median for plans its size, in the bottom 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.

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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$38,700 · 0.95%
2023$34,351 · 0.95%
2022$26,517 · 0.72%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 331007374 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.