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Tradebe Environmental Services401(k)

TRADEBE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES 401(K) PLAN · MERRILLVILLE, IN · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.23%

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

Tradebe Environmental Services reported $132,541 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.23% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $1,005 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 0.17% to 0.23%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other administrative & support services employers. By assets it is the 253rd-largest of 1,562 plans among Indiana employers on file, and the 269th of 2,534 in administrative & support services. In 2024, employees put in $5.41 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$58,997,636
Participants with balances1,050
Active participants876
Employer contributions$880,222
Employee contributions$4,758,036
Employer contribution per active participant$1,005
Average account balance$56,188
Benefits paid to participants$11,826,266
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$59.0M · 1,050 accts · $880K emplr
2023$56.3M · 1,073 accts · $827K emplr
2022$46.7M · 1,023 accts · $755K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$65,674
Investment management$55,367
Audit (IQPA)$11,500
Total administrative$132,541
The Tradebe Environmental Services 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,005
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$1,005 per active participant
2023$941 per active participant
2022$919 per active participant

Tradebe Environmental Services's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $3,635 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 · 20244
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$65,675
STRATEGIC WEALTH PARTNERS GROUP · Investment advisory (plan)$42,581
STRATEGIC ADVISORS, INC. · Investment advisory (plan)$12,785
SMITH & HOWARD PC · Accounting / audit$11,500

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$132,541 · 0.23%
2023$110,248 · 0.21%
2022$89,857 · 0.17%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 010757921 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.