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Vermont Law School403(b)

VERMONT LAW SCHOOL RETIREMENT PLAN · SOUTH ROYALTON, VT · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.03%

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

Vermont Law School reported $13,784 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.03% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $2,619 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 0.00% to 0.03%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other educational services employers. By assets it is the 38th-largest of 230 plans among Vermont employers on file, and the 982nd of 3,091 in educational services. In 2024, employees put in $1.56 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 166 to 222 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$45,769,129
Participants with balances443
Active participants222
Employer contributions$581,327
Employee contributions$907,377
Employer contribution per active participant$2,619
Average account balance$103,316
Benefits paid to participants$4,659,219
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$45.8M · 443 accts · $581K emplr
2023$43.7M · 436 accts · $518K emplr
2022$39.0M · 410 accts · $399K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$13,784
Total administrative$13,784
Employer contributions to the Vermont Law School plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,619
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$2,619 per active participant
2023$2,551 per active participant
2022$2,405 per active participant

Vermont Law School's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $2,416 median for plans its size. 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.

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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 · Recordkeeping · Pension consulting$13,784

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024TIAA
2023TIAA

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Administrative cost history3
2024$13,784 · 0.03%
2023$7,647 · 0.02%
2022$350 · 0.00%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 237251952 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.