American Welding Society403(b)
AMERICAN WELDING SOCIETY 403(B) RETIREMENT PLAN · MIAMI, FL · plan year 2024
Peer grade: A- · admin costs + employer contributions vs same-size plans · how grading works
American Welding Society reported $41,809 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.19% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $6,254 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 fell from 0.21% to 0.19%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other other services employers. By assets it is the 960th-largest of 3,644 plans among Florida employers on file, and the 884th of 3,341 in other services. In 2024, the employer put in $1.00 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves; active participation has grown from 139 to 159 since 2022.
American Welding Society's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $2,416 median for plans its size, placing it in the top 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.
Annual cost at the plan's reported 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.
Compensation shown is direct payments from plan assets reported on Schedule C. Providers paid through fund revenue-sharing appear as indirect.
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 130434890 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.