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Southern Maryland Electric Coop.401(k)

SOUTHERN MARYLAND ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC MANAGEMENT EMPLOYEES' 401(K) PLAN · HUGHESVILLE, MD · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.11%

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

Southern Maryland Electric Coop. reported $131,395 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.11% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $17,174 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 fell from 0.20% to 0.11%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other utilities employers. By assets it is the 137th-largest of 1,671 plans among Maryland employers on file, and the 120th of 412 in utilities. In 2024, the employer put in $1.28 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$129,019,964
Participants with balances287
Active participants238
Employer contributions$4,087,440
Employee contributions$3,189,948
Employer contribution per active participant$17,174
Average account balance$449,547
Benefits paid to participants$8,715,451
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorADAMS, JENKINS & CHEATHAM.P.C
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$129.0M · 287 accts · $4.1M emplr
2023$115.4M · 291 accts · $3.9M emplr
2022$101.5M · 286 accts · $3.6M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$72,421
Investment management$40,000
Total administrative$131,395
The Southern Maryland Electric Coop. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$17,174
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$17,174 per active participant
2023$16,413 per active participant
2022$15,622 per active participant

Southern Maryland Electric Coop.'s 2024 employer contribution ran above the $3,635 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 · 20244
EMPOWER ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator · Recordkeeping$72,421
NFP RETIREMENT INC · Investment advisory (plan)$30,000
ADAMS JENKINS & CHEATHAM, PC$7,500
VENABLE LLP$5,030

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Empower
2023Prudential

This plan has changed recordkeepers within these filings. If you left Southern Maryland Electric Coop. before a switch, your account may sit at the earlier firm or in a rollover IRA. Looking for an account from a past job here? How to find an old 401(k).

Administrative cost history3
2024$131,395 · 0.11%
2023$104,562 · 0.10%
2022$207,893 · 0.20%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 520492367 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.