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Sparks Personnel Services, Inc.401(k)

SPARKS PERSONNEL 401(K) PLAN · ROCKVILLE, MD · plan year 2022

Reported admin expense ratio · 2022
0.33%

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

Sparks Personnel Services, Inc. reported $15,493 in plan administrative expenses for 2022: 0.33% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $148 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 30,021 comparable plans and shown alongside other administrative & support services employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Maryland (1,335th of 1,671), and 1,533rd of 2,534 in administrative & support services. In 2022, employees put in $2.65 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$4,304,615
Participants with balances63
Active participants520
Employer contributions$77,091
Employee contributions$204,074
Employer contribution per active participant$148
Average account balance$68,327
Benefits paid to participants$273,452
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
The Sparks Personnel Services, Inc. 401(k) match · 2022
Employer contribution per active participant$148
Median for plans this size$1,114

Sparks Personnel Services, Inc.'s 2022 employer contribution ran below the $1,114 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.

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Annual cost at the plan's reported 2022 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Administrative cost history1
2022$15,493 · 0.33%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 520965469 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.