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Surge Operating, LLC401(k)

SURGE OPERATING, LLC 401(K) PLAN · HOUSTON, TX · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.17%

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

Surge Operating, LLC reported $49,456 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.17% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $12,957 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 0.26% to 0.17%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other mining, oil & gas extraction employers. By assets it is the 1,476th-largest of 5,688 plans among Texas employers on file, and the 238th of 612 in mining, oil & gas extraction. In 2024, employees put in $1.13 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$31,875,220
Participants with balances182
Active participants156
Employer contributions$2,021,249
Employee contributions$2,291,439
Employer contribution per active participant$12,957
Average account balance$175,139
Benefits paid to participants$2,418,192
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorWEAVER AND TIDWELL, LP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$31.9M · 182 accts · $2.0M emplr
2023$25.7M · 178 accts · $1.8M emplr
2022$18.7M · 155 accts · $1.7M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$23,995
Investment management$25,461
Total administrative$49,456
The Surge Operating, LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$12,957
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$12,957 per active participant
2023$11,780 per active participant
2022$11,491 per active participant

Surge Operating, LLC's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $2,416 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.

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 · 20243
GALLAGHER FIDUCIARY ADVISORS LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$20,000
STRATEGIC ADVISORS, INC. · Investment advisory (plan)$5,461

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

Administrative cost history3
2024$49,456 · 0.17%
2023$35,794 · 0.16%
2022$53,104 · 0.26%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 474007427 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.