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The Essex Group Inc.401(k)

THE ESSEX GROUP INC. 401K PROFIT SHARING PLAN & TRUST · ROWLEY, MA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
1.24%

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

The Essex Group Inc. reported $54,536 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 1.24% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $0 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 1.05% to 1.24%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other health care & social assistance employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Massachusetts (2,346th of 2,726), and 8,145th of 11,911 in health care & social assistance. In 2024, employees put in $3915.44 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 661 to 1,002 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$4,610,307
Participants with balances120
Active participants1,002
Employer contributions$84
Employee contributions$328,897
Employer contribution per active participant$0
Average account balance$38,419
Benefits paid to participants$366,985
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$4.6M · 120 accts · $84 emplr
2023$4.2M · 127 accts · $700 emplr
2022$3.6M · 131 accts · $1K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$9,123
Investment management$44,923
Total administrative$54,536
The The Essex Group Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$0
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$0 per active participant
2023$1 per active participant
2022$2 per active participant

The Essex Group Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $1,313 median for plans its size, in the bottom 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 · 20242
GAIL WAKEFIELD KEY CONSULTING · Recordkeeping · Consulting$27,601
BENEFIT PLANS ADMIN SERVICES INC · Recordkeeping · Custodial (securities)$26,934

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024BENEFIT PLANS ADMIN SERVICES INC, GAIL WAKEFIELD KEY CONSULTING
2023BENEFIT PLANS ADMIN SERVICES INC, GAIL WAKEFIELD KEY CONSULTING

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Administrative cost history3
2024$54,536 · 1.24%
2023$41,506 · 1.06%
2022$42,044 · 1.05%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 042557391 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.