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Thayer Academy403(b)

THAYER ACADEMY 403(B) RETIREMENT PLAN · BRAINTREE, MA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.05%

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

Thayer Academy reported $46,682 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.05% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $8,838 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 0.07% to 0.05%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other educational services employers. By assets it is the 458th-largest of 2,726 plans among Massachusetts employers on file, and the 579th of 3,091 in educational services. In 2024, the employer put in $1.08 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$90,504,681
Participants with balances429
Active participants191
Employer contributions$1,688,069
Employee contributions$1,564,655
Employer contribution per active participant$8,838
Average account balance$210,967
Benefits paid to participants$4,810,139
Plan auditDisclaimer of opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$90.5M · 429 accts · $1.7M emplr
2023$81.8M · 413 accts · $1.6M emplr
2022$70.7M · 398 accts · $1.5M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$46,586
Audit (IQPA)$96
Total administrative$46,682
Employer contributions to the Thayer Academy plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$8,838
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$8,838 per active participant
2023$7,544 per active participant
2022$7,372 per active participant

Thayer Academy's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $3,635 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 · 20241
TIAA · Contract administrator$38,286

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$46,682 · 0.05%
2023$62,760 · 0.08%
2022$55,103 · 0.07%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 042105781 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.