Employee benefit plan audit fees in Maryland

261 audited retirement plans sponsored by Maryland employers reported their audit fee for plan year 2024. Median $17,900, middle half $12,000 to $27,600, same plan and same auditor +2.9 % on the year before.

Read this first: Schedule H shows the audit fee only when the plan pays the auditor. Plans whose sponsor pays the audit fee directly are not included, and for single-employer 401(k) plans that is most of them (only 8% of audited 401(k) plans with 200-499 participants report a fee). The figures describe the plans that report a fee; treat them as a market reference, not as a quote.

Maryland · plan year 2024

Audit fee by plan type and size

Rows marked with a region or "nationwide" have fewer than 20 reported fees in Maryland; the figure shown is the Mid-Atlantic region or the national value.

Plan type	Participants	Median	Middle half	Fees	Basis
401(k)	100-199	$13,700	$8,300-$17,900	32	Maryland
401(k)	200-499	$14,000	$11,300-$23,300	38	Maryland
401(k)	500-999	$16,200	$11,100-$20,000	86	Mid-Atlantic region
401(k)	1,000+	$20,300	$13,900-$29,100	32	Maryland
Other DC	100-199	$13,600	$10,300-$17,500	113	nationwide
Other DC	200-499	$13,400	$9,300-$18,800	26	Mid-Atlantic region
Other DC	500-999	$14,200	$10,000-$20,000	28	Mid-Atlantic region
Other DC	1,000+	$19,100	$12,900-$28,900	72	Mid-Atlantic region
DB	100-199	$15,100	$12,700-$20,800	22	Mid-Atlantic region
DB	200-499	$14,600	$10,700-$21,300	46	Mid-Atlantic region
DB	500-999	$21,000	$14,100-$30,800	40	Mid-Atlantic region
DB	1,000+	$33,700	$24,500-$61,500	101	Mid-Atlantic region
Multiemployer	100-199	$15,300	$11,200-$18,900	86	nationwide
Multiemployer	200-499	$12,900	$10,500-$18,900	37	Mid-Atlantic region
Multiemployer	500-999	$17,700	$12,500-$26,700	53	Mid-Atlantic region
Multiemployer	1,000+	$29,800	$19,100-$50,400	57	Maryland

Reported only when the plan pays the auditor; plans whose sponsor pays the audit fee directly are not included. Most single-employer 401(k) sponsors pay directly, so the figures describe the plans that report a fee. Method and national figures.

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