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Summit Design and Engineering Services, PLLC401(k)

SUMMIT DESIGN AND ENGINEERING SERVICES, PLLC EMPLOYEES SAVINGS TRUST · HILLSBOROUGH, NC · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.22%

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

Summit Design and Engineering Services, PLLC reported $48,089 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.22% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $2,733 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 rose from 0.04% to 0.22%. 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 651st-largest of 2,005 plans among North Carolina employers on file, and the 4,863rd of 11,654 in professional & technical services. In 2024, employees put in $2.12 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$24,220,792
Participants with balances374
Active participants410
Employer contributions$1,120,601
Employee contributions$2,374,403
Employer contribution per active participant$2,733
Average account balance$64,761
Benefits paid to participants$2,433,215
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorWILLIAMS OVERMAN PIERCE LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$24.2M · 374 accts · $1.1M emplr
2023$20.0M · 354 accts · $1.0M emplr
2022$15.7M · 329 accts · $932K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$10,315
Investment management$37,774
Total administrative$48,089
The Summit Design and Engineering Services, PLLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,733
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$2,733 per active participant
2023$2,445 per active participant
2022$2,230 per active participant

Summit Design and Engineering Services, PLLC'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 · 20242
ASCENSUS LLC · Loan processing · Recordkeeping$10,315
RESOURCES INVESTMENT ADVISORS CO. · Investment advisory (plan)$37,774

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

Recordkeeper by year2
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2023Ascensus

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Administrative cost history3
2024$48,089 · 0.22%
2023$27,865 · 0.16%
2022$6,406 · 0.04%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 300236228 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.