401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Professional Alternative Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$8M
Total assets Small plan by assets
51
Participants Small participant base
51st
Percentile by assets National rank
$159,993
Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Professional Alternative 401(k) Plan · Sponsored by Professional Alternative Inc. · Massachusetts · Professional & Technical Services

$8M in assets, 51 participants

Professional Alternative Inc.'s Professional Alternative 401(k) Plan reported $8M in total assets and 51 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 51st percentile by assets among filed plans. Figures are as reported by the plan sponsor to the Department of Labor, not audited or endorsed by PlainRetire.

  • #9,998 in Professional & Technical Services (20,173 peers)

Professional Alternative Inc. multi-year trail

Professional Alternative Inc.'s plans moved +39.6% in assets from 2022 to 2024; this filing shows Professional Alternative 401(k) Plan at $8M / 51 participants.

#9,998
in Professional & Technical Services (20,173 peers)
+14.5%
assets growth YoY

Professional Alternative 401(k) Plan's mid-pack asset rank among Professional & Technical Services and all filers

Professional Alternative 401(k) Plan vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500

$8,159,633 Top 49% higher than 51% of 123,620 filed plans

This plan $0 $2,050,000,000 every filed plan with reported assets, bucketed by value

Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.

Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2024

Professional Alternative 401(k) Plan among smaller filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Professional Alternative 401(k) Plan is a small filing (51 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Professional Alternative 401(k) Plan reported net income fell from $1M in the plan year 2023 filing to $1M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Professional Alternative 401(k) Plan end-of-year assets rose from $7M in the plan year 2023 filing to $8M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Professional Alternative 401(k) Plan reported participants fell from 58 in the plan year 2023 filing to 51 in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

Plan-year Form 5500 strip

Filing strip 043238604 · Professional Alternative Inc. PY 2024 · 401(k)

Professional Alternative 401(k) Plan · $8M · 51 · 51st

  • IND $8M
  • IND 51
  • IND 51st
  • IND 401(k)
  • IND near Wm. a. Straub, Inc. 401(k) Plan
  • IND ind #9998

Stamps derive from this plan's Form 5500 line items (assets, participants, type, EIN, cohort placement) - not a quality rating of the sponsor. Read with Professional & Technical Services retirement plans → · Plans in Massachusetts →

Professional Alternative 401(k) Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Professional Alternative 401(k) Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Professional Alternative Inc. multi-year asset trail

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Professional Alternative Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$8M 39.59518313367986% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$5M$6M$7M$8M$9M 202220232024 $5.85M $8.16M ▲ +39.5%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 51 $6M
2023 1 58 $7M
2024 1 51 $8M

Professional Alternative Inc. filing trail (2024)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$7M
Net Assets (End of Year)$8M
Net Income$1M
Employer EIN043238604
Plan Effective Date1997-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Massachusetts

Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

Professional Alternative 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Massachusetts, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -20000020000400006000080000 -10010203040 Total assets ($B) Participants Professional Alternative 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.008159633 · Participants: 51Professional Alternative 401(k) PlanFidelity Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 34.201609937 · Participants: 66907Fidelity Retirement Savings PlanLiberty Mutual 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 11.352606499 · Participants: 34618Liberty Mutual 401(k) PlanMassachusetts Institute of Technology Supplemental 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 7.720373045 · Participants: 14762Massachusetts Institute of Technology Supplemental 401(k) PlanBoston Scientific Corporation 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 6.775289067 · Participants: 20639Boston Scientific Corporation 401(k) Retirement Savings PlanState Street Salary Savings Program, Total assets ($B): 6.532301643 · Participants: 12777State Street Salary Savings Program
Professional Alternative 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Massachusetts, assets vs. participants
Compare Professional Alternative 401(k) Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Professional Alternative 401(k) Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Massachusetts, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Wm. a. Straub, Inc. 401(k) Plan in MO ($8M); by covered participants it is Consulting Engineers Group, Inc. 401(k)/Profit Sharing Plan in MN (51 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($8M here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (51 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Professional Alternative 401(k) Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
Professional Alternative 401(k) Plan grew at a solid clip - up 14.5% during 2024, from $7M to $8M. Reported net income was $1M.
How have Professional Alternative Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Professional Alternative Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 39.6%, from $6M to $8M.
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to Professional Alternative 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Wm. a. Straub, Inc. 401(k) Plan in MO ($8M, 311 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Professional Alternative 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Consulting Engineers Group, Inc. 401(k)/Profit Sharing Plan in MN (51 participants, $12M in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2024.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 043238604.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA). See our methodology for details.