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Sound401(k)

SOUND EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT PLAN · TUKWILA, WA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.42%

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

Sound reported $166,257 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.42% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $2,797 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 0.19% to 0.42%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other health care & social assistance employers. By assets it is the 412th-largest of 1,714 plans among Washington employers on file, and the 2,181st of 11,911 in health care & social assistance. In 2024, employees put in $1.82 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 583 to 499 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$41,539,593
Participants with balances1,173
Active participants499
Employer contributions$1,395,665
Employee contributions$2,544,783
Employer contribution per active participant$2,797
Average account balance$35,413
Benefits paid to participants$3,934,328
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$41.5M · 1,173 accts · $1.4M emplr
2023$38.1M · 1,224 accts · $1.2M emplr
2022$32.1M · 1,322 accts · $1.2M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$166,257
Total administrative$166,257
The Sound 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,797
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$2,797 per active participant
2023$1,903 per active participant
2022$2,002 per active participant

Sound's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $2,416 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 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20241
BENEFIT ADMINISTRATION CO. · Contract administrator · Recordkeeping$136,587

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024BENEFIT ADMINISTRATION CO.
2023BENEFIT ADMINISTRATION CO.

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Administrative cost history3
2024$166,257 · 0.42%
2023$115,277 · 0.33%
2022$68,663 · 0.19%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 910818971 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.