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Vocational Development Center, Inc.403(b)

VODEC 403(B) · COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.42%

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

Vocational Development Center, Inc. reported $15,654 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.42% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $616 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 0.39% to 0.42%. 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 Iowa (738th of 878), and 8,576th of 11,911 in health care & social assistance. In 2024, employees put in $1.46 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 313 to 281 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$3,972,018
Participants with balances133
Active participants281
Employer contributions$173,112
Employee contributions$252,425
Employer contribution per active participant$616
Average account balance$29,865
Benefits paid to participants$370,741
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Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$4.0M · 133 accts · $173K emplr
2023$3.5M · 151 accts · $176K emplr
2022$3.2M · 147 accts · $180K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$15,654
Total administrative$15,654
Employer contributions to the Vocational Development Center, Inc. plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$616
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$616 per active participant
2023$582 per active participant
2022$574 per active participant

Vocational Development Center, 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.

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Service providers · 20241
ASCENSUS LLC · Recordkeeping$15,654

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Ascensus
2023Ascensus

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Administrative cost history3
2024$15,654 · 0.42%
2023$12,688 · 0.38%
2022$11,290 · 0.39%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 420939347 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.