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Solar Gaines, LLC401(k)

SOLAR GAINES, LLC 401(K) PLAN · HUNT VALLEY, MD · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
1.94%

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

Solar Gaines, LLC reported $27,062 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 1.94% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $2,799 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.

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 (1,549th of 1,671), and 4,908th of 5,337 in construction. In 2024, the employer put in $2.10 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$1,733,766
Participants with balances216
Active participants139
Employer contributions$389,107
Employee contributions$185,003
Employer contribution per active participant$2,799
Average account balance$8,027
Benefits paid to participants$87,307
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorELLIN AND TUCKER CHARTERED
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$26,796
Investment management$266
Total administrative$27,062
The Solar Gaines, LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,799
Median for plans this size$1,313

Solar Gaines, LLC's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $1,313 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.

Administrative cost history1
2024$27,062 · 1.94%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 264728205 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.