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Bauer Welding & Metal Fabricators, Inc.401(k)

BAUER WELDING & METAL FABRICATORS, INC. 401(K) PLAN · MOUNDS VIEW, MN · plan year 2022

Reported admin expense ratio · 2022
0.52%

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

Bauer Welding & Metal Fabricators, Inc. reported $27,157 in plan administrative expenses for 2022: 0.52% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $1,074 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.

The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 30,021 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Minnesota (1,636th of 1,918), and 11,514th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2022, employees put in $4.32 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$4,415,962
Participants with balances97
Active participants65
Employer contributions$69,819
Employee contributions$301,644
Employer contribution per active participant$1,074
Average account balance$45,525
Benefits paid to participants$822,085
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorBOYUM BARENSCHEER
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2022
Recordkeeping & contract admin$27,157
Total administrative$27,157
The Bauer Welding & Metal Fabricators, Inc. 401(k) match · 2022
Employer contribution per active participant$1,074
Median for plans this size$1,114

Bauer Welding & Metal Fabricators, Inc.'s 2022 employer contribution ran below the $1,114 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.

What these fees cost you

Annual cost at the plan's reported 2022 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Administrative cost history1
2022$27,157 · 0.52%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 410777680 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.