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Society of Petroleum Engineers (Spe), Inc.401(k)

SOCIETY OF PETROLEUM ENGINEERS (SPE), INC. RETIREMENT INCOME PLAN · RICHARDSON, TX · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.29%

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

Society of Petroleum Engineers (Spe), Inc. reported $84,119 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.29% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $6,461 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 0.20% to 0.29%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other educational services employers. By assets it is the 1,558th-largest of 5,688 plans among Texas employers on file, and the 1,301st of 3,091 in educational services. In 2024, employees put in $1.34 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 136 to 121 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$29,529,330
Participants with balances182
Active participants121
Employer contributions$781,783
Employee contributions$1,050,198
Employer contribution per active participant$6,461
Average account balance$162,249
Benefits paid to participants$4,892,442
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorRSM US LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$29.5M · 182 accts · $782K emplr
2023$29.1M · 202 accts · $775K emplr
2022$27.0M · 206 accts · $736K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$84,119
Total administrative$84,119
The Society of Petroleum Engineers (Spe), Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$6,461
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$6,461 per active participant
2023$6,056 per active participant
2022$5,415 per active participant

Society of Petroleum Engineers (Spe), 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 · 20243
FUTUREPLAN (ASCENSUS) · Recordkeeping · Plan administrator$24,894
THE VANGUARD GROUP · Recordkeeping · Loan processing$20,305
APEIRON · Investment advisory (plan)$45,000

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Ascensus, Vanguard
2023Ascensus, Vanguard

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Administrative cost history3
2024$84,119 · 0.29%
2023$75,881 · 0.27%
2022$58,036 · 0.20%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 752001539 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.