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Ayres Associates Inc.401(k)

AYRES ASSOCIATES, INC. 401K PLAN · EAU CLAIRE, WI · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.08%

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

Ayres Associates Inc. reported $61,979 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.08% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $2,525 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 0.07% to 0.08%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other professional & technical services employers. By assets it is the 278th-largest of 1,936 plans among Wisconsin employers on file, and the 1,818th of 11,654 in professional & technical services. In 2024, employees put in $3.40 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 347 to 392 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$80,332,138
Participants with balances536
Active participants392
Employer contributions$989,980
Employee contributions$3,370,396
Employer contribution per active participant$2,525
Average account balance$149,873
Benefits paid to participants$6,726,458
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorWIPFLI LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$80.3M · 536 accts · $990K emplr
2023$72.9M · 514 accts · $911K emplr
2022$63.1M · 489 accts · $811K emplr
The Ayres Associates Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,525
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$2,525 per active participant
2023$2,343 per active participant
2022$2,337 per active participant

Ayres Associates Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $3,635 median for plans its size. 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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Annual cost at the plan's reported 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20241
THE VANGUARD GROUP, INC. · Recordkeeping · Consulting$62,779

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Vanguard
2023Vanguard

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Administrative cost history3
2024$61,979 · 0.08%
2023$57,211 · 0.08%
2022$50,999 · 0.07%
All plans at this employer2
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 390965082 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.