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Spear Education, LLC401(k)

SPEAR EDUCATION 401(K) PLAN · SCOTTSDALE, AZ · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.51%

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

Spear Education, LLC reported $67,040 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.51% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $2,152 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 3 years on file its reported administrative ratio has held roughly steady near 0.51%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other professional & technical services employers. By assets it is the 476th-largest of 1,285 plans among Arizona employers on file, and 6,936th of 11,654 in professional & technical services. In 2024, employees put in $3.37 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 272 to 174 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$13,572,864
Participants with balances264
Active participants174
Employer contributions$374,374
Employee contributions$1,261,157
Employer contribution per active participant$2,152
Average account balance$51,412
Benefits paid to participants$2,645,322
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$13.6M · 264 accts · $374K emplr
2023$12.8M · 285 accts · $595K emplr
2022$10.3M · 369 accts · $630K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Investment management$37,513
Total administrative$67,040
The Spear Education, LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,152
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$2,152 per active participant
2023$2,834 per active participant
2022$2,318 per active participant

Spear Education, LLC's 2024 employer contribution ran below 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 · 20242
AT RETIREMENT SERVICES, LLC · Claims processing · Recordkeeping$29,527
CREATIVE PLANNING, INC. · Investment advisory (participants) · Investment advisory (plan)$37,513

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024AT RETIREMENT SERVICES, LLC
2023AT RETIREMENT SERVICES, LLC

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Administrative cost history3
2024$67,040 · 0.51%
2023$57,578 · 0.50%
2022$53,572 · 0.49%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 208610060 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.