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Studio 3 Marketing401(k)

STUDIO 3 MARKETING 401(K) PLAN · AUSTIN, TX · plan year 2025

Reported admin expense ratio · 2025
0.53%

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

Studio 3 Marketing reported $14,431 in plan administrative expenses for 2025: 0.53% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $3,082 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 809 comparable plans and shown alongside other professional & technical services employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Texas (4,455th of 5,688), and 10,371st of 11,654 in professional & technical services. In 2025, employees put in $1.57 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$3,453,026
Participants with balances149
Active participants142
Employer contributions$437,598
Employee contributions$687,569
Employer contribution per active participant$3,082
Average account balance$23,175
Benefits paid to participants$212,704
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2025
Investment management$14,431
Total administrative$14,431
The Studio 3 Marketing 401(k) match · 2025
Employer contribution per active participant$3,082
Median for plans this size$1,464

Studio 3 Marketing's 2025 employer contribution ran above the $1,464 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.

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Annual cost at the plan's reported 2025 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20251
BETTERMENT FOR BUSINESS, LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$14,431

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

Administrative cost history1
2025$14,431 · 0.53%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 463867404 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.