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Software Specialists, Inc.401(k)

SOFTWARE SPECIALISTS, INC. 401(K) PLAN · CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP, PA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.51%

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

Software Specialists, Inc. reported $43,348 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.51% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $428 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 1 year on file its reported administrative ratio rose from 0.13% to 0.51%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other professional & technical services employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Pennsylvania (2,423rd of 3,651), and 8,376th of 11,654 in professional & technical services. In 2024, employees put in $7.32 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 351 to 300 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$8,824,319
Participants with balances161
Active participants300
Employer contributions$128,449
Employee contributions$939,820
Employer contribution per active participant$428
Average account balance$54,809
Benefits paid to participants$1,923,389
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorHERBEIN + COMPANY, INC.
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$8.8M · 161 accts · $128K emplr
2023$8.3M · 177 accts · $185K emplr
2022$7.6M · 166 accts · $150K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$16,741
Trustee / custodial$26,607
Total administrative$43,348
The Software Specialists, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$428
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$428 per active participant
2023$593 per active participant
2022$428 per active participant

Software Specialists, Inc.'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.

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
NORTHWEST SAVINGS BANK · Trustee$26,607
DEFINITI$16,741

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$43,348 · 0.51%
2023$10,469 · 0.13%
2022Not separately reported
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 251643937 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.