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Somerset Planning & Engineering LLC dba Somerset Engineering401(k)

SOMERSET ENGINEERING 401K PLAN · SOMERSET, PA · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.07%

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

Somerset Planning & Engineering LLC dba Somerset Engineering reported $29,166 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.07% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,406 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 0.07% to 0.08%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 26,779 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 891st-largest of 3,651 plans among Pennsylvania employers on file, and the 3,473rd of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2023, employees put in $3.13 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$43,397,647
Participants with balances423
Active participants377
Employer contributions$529,976
Employee contributions$1,659,841
Employer contribution per active participant$1,406
Average account balance$102,595
Benefits paid to participants$3,546,970
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorHERBEIN AND COMPANY, INC.
Plan history2
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$2.5M · 17 accts · $24K emplr
2023$43.4M · 423 accts · $530K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Investment management$29,166
Total administrative$29,166
The Somerset Planning & Engineering LLC dba Somerset Engineering 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$1,406
Median for plans this size$2,440
2024$1,577 per active participant
2023$1,406 per active participant

Somerset Planning & Engineering LLC dba Somerset Engineering's 2023 employer contribution ran below the $2,440 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 2023 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20233
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CAPITAL GROUP RETIREMENT PLAN SVCS$2,263

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

Administrative cost history2
2024$18,295 · 0.08%
2023$29,166 · 0.07%
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Wampum Hardware Co. PA$44.1M · 0.00%
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Resco Products, Inc. PA$43.5M · 0.21%
Dietz & Watson, Inc. PA$43.2M · 0.41%
Highland Tank, LLC PA$42.9M · 0.02%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 161670860 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.