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Substation Engineering CompanyStock bonus plan

SUBSTATION ENGINEERING COMPANY 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN · READING, PA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.46%

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

Substation Engineering Company reported $55,401 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.46% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $2,753 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 0.52% to 0.46%. 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 among the smaller plans on file in Pennsylvania (2,024th of 3,651), and 7,118th of 11,654 in professional & technical services. In 2024, employees put in $2.25 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$12,931,282
Participants with balances171
Active participants217
Employer contributions$597,374
Employee contributions$1,344,376
Employer contribution per active participant$2,753
Average account balance$75,622
Benefits paid to participants$1,602,583
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorRKL LLP
Plan history2
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$12.9M · 171 accts · $597K emplr
2022$8.5M · 96 accts · $306K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$1,600
Investment management$52,801
Trustee / custodial$1,000
Total administrative$55,401
Employer contributions to the Substation Engineering Company plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,753
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$2,753 per active participant
2022$2,287 per active participant

Substation Engineering Company'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
FULTON BANK N.A. · Recordkeeping · Consulting$60,172

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

Administrative cost history2
2024$55,401 · 0.46%
2022$46,669 · 0.52%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 562255885 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.