401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Plauche, Smith & Nieset, LLC 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$25M
Total assets Below avg plan size
40
Participants Small participant base
75th
Percentile by assets National rank
$633,871
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Plauche, Smith & Nieset 401(k) Plan · Sponsored by Plauche, Smith & Nieset, LLC · Louisiana · Professional & Technical Services

$25M in assets, 40 participants

Plauche, Smith & Nieset, LLC's Plauche, Smith & Nieset 401(k) Plan reported $25M in total assets and 40 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 75th 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.

  • #15,012 in Professional & Technical Services (20,173 peers)

Where Plauche, Smith & Nieset 401(k) Plan sits by assets

Plauche, Smith & Nieset 401(k) Plan sits in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets, $25M for 40 participants (~$633,871/participant), up 14.3% in 2024.

#15,012
in Professional & Technical Services (20,173 peers)
+14.3%
assets growth YoY
0.3×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Plauche, Smith & Nieset 401(k) Plan's outsized position by total assets

Plauche, Smith & Nieset 401(k) Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$25,354,845 Top 25% higher than 75% 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

Plauche, Smith & Nieset 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. Plauche, Smith & Nieset 401(k) Plan is a small filing (40 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Plauche, Smith & Nieset 401(k) Plan reported net income rose from -$769K in the plan year 2023 filing to $3M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Plauche, Smith & Nieset 401(k) Plan end-of-year assets rose from $22M in the plan year 2023 filing to $25M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Plauche, Smith & Nieset 401(k) Plan reported participants rose from 38 in the plan year 2023 filing to 40 in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

Published 5500 schedule card

Filing strip 720915288 · Plauche, Smith & Nieset, LLC PY 2024 · 401(k)

Plauche, Smith & Nieset 401(k) Plan · $25M · 40 · 75th

  • PHOTO $25M
  • PHOTO 40
  • PHOTO 75th
  • PHOTO 401(k)
  • PHOTO near H&t Waterbury, LLC 401(k) Plan
  • PHOTO ind #15012

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 Louisiana →

Plauche, Smith & Nieset 401(k) Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Plauche, Smith & Nieset 401(k) Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Scale-class filing particulars (2024)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$22M
Net Assets (End of Year)$25M
Net Income$3M
Employer EIN720915288
Plan Effective Date1981-05-15
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Plauche, Smith & Nieset, LLC)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Plauche, Smith & Nieset, LLC plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$25M 10.472981054170956% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$21M$22M$23M$24M$25M$26M 202220232024 $23M $25.4M ▲ +10.5%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 34 $23M
2023 1 38 $22M
2024 1 40 $25M

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Louisiana

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

Plauche, Smith & Nieset 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Louisiana, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -10000010000200003000040000 -202468 Total assets ($B) Participants Plauche, Smith & Nieset 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.025354845 · Participants: 40Plauche, Smith & Nieset 401(k) PlanLumen 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 7.295025591 · Participants: 26319Lumen 401(k) Savings PlanSavings Plan of Entergy Corporation and Subsidiaries, Total assets ($B): 4.363805537 · Participants: 9655Savings Plan of Entergy Corporation and SubsidiariesOchsner Clinic Foundation 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 2.6891375 · Participants: 32229Ochsner Clinic Foundation 401(k) PlanLouisiana Children's Medical Center Retirement and Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.01914034 · Participants: 13357Louisiana Children's Medical Center Retirement and Savings PlanAmedisys Holding, LLC 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.954895996 · Participants: 18862Amedisys Holding, LLC 401(k) Plan
Plauche, Smith & Nieset 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Louisiana, assets vs. participants
Compare Plauche, Smith & Nieset 401(k) Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Plauche, Smith & Nieset 401(k) Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Louisiana, the nearest 401(k) by assets is H&t Waterbury, LLC 401(k) Plan in CT ($25M); by covered participants it is Sri Technologies, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan in IL (40 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (40 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 Plauche, Smith & Nieset 401(k) Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
Plauche, Smith & Nieset 401(k) Plan grew at a solid clip - up 14.3% during 2024, from $22M to $25M. Reported net income was $3M.
How have Plauche, Smith & Nieset, LLC plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Plauche, Smith & Nieset, LLC's sponsor-wide assets grew 10.5%, from $23M to $25M.
Where does Plauche, Smith & Nieset 401(k) Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Plauche, Smith & Nieset 401(k) Plan ranks in the 75th percentile by end-of-year assets among 123,622 plans that reported assets for plan year 2024 (in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets).
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to Plauche, Smith & Nieset 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is H&t Waterbury, LLC 401(k) Plan in CT ($25M, 429 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Plauche, Smith & Nieset 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Sri Technologies, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan in IL (40 participants, $982K 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 720915288.

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.