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The Gem Group, Inc.401(k)

THE GEM GROUP, INC. RETIREMENT PLAN · LAWRENCE, MA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.44%

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

The Gem Group, Inc. reported $121,084 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.44% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $1,152 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 3 years on file its reported administrative ratio has held roughly steady near 0.440%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 1,053rd-largest of 2,726 plans among Massachusetts employers on file, and the 4,715th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $3.30 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$28,167,347
Participants with balances249
Active participants331
Employer contributions$381,189
Employee contributions$1,259,182
Employer contribution per active participant$1,152
Average account balance$113,122
Benefits paid to participants$3,523,915
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$28.2M · 249 accts · $381K emplr
2023$26.9M · 262 accts · $364K emplr
2022$23.7M · 254 accts · $336K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$121,084
Total administrative$121,084
The The Gem Group, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,152
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$1,152 per active participant
2023$1,218 per active participant
2022$1,087 per active participant

The Gem Group, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 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 · 20243
KESTRA ADVISORY SERVICES LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$35,394
CBIZ CPAS PC · Accounting / audit$32,810

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$121,084 · 0.44%
2023$93,146 · 0.37%
2022$112,688 · 0.44%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 042319824 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.