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Bag Makers, Inc.401(k)

BAG MAKERS, INC. 401(K)/PROFIT SHARING PLAN · UNION, IL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.54%

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

Bag Makers, Inc. reported $85,233 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.54% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,017 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 0.38% to 0.54%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Illinois (1,893rd of 3,702), and the 6,647th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $3.01 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 292 to 331 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$16,650,860
Participants with balances365
Active participants331
Employer contributions$336,617
Employee contributions$1,011,775
Employer contribution per active participant$1,017
Average account balance$45,619
Benefits paid to participants$1,231,265
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$16.7M · 365 accts · $337K emplr
2023$14.8M · 339 accts · $298K emplr
2022$12.1M · 307 accts · $306K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$69,933
Audit (IQPA)$15,300
Total administrative$85,233
The Bag Makers, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,017
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$1,017 per active participant
2023$892 per active participant
2022$1,048 per active participant

Bag Makers, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 median for plans its size, in the bottom 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.

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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 · 20242
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER AND S · Recordkeeping$69,933
SIKICH$15,300

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Bank of America / Merrill
2023Bank of America / Merrill

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Administrative cost history3
2024$85,233 · 0.54%
2023$67,089 · 0.50%
2022$49,133 · 0.38%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 363160284 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.