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Board of Trustees, Western States Ironworkers Shopmens 401(K) Plan401(k)

WESTERN STATES IRONWORKERS SHOPMEN'S 401(K) PLAN · SEATTLE, WA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.91%

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

Board of Trustees, Western States Ironworkers Shopmens 401(K) Plan reported $82,574 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.91% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,257 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 0.81% to 0.91%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Washington (1,090th of 1,714), and 8,957th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $1.50 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 299 to 146 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$9,664,798
Participants with balances500
Active participants146
Employer contributions$183,554
Employee contributions$274,477
Employer contribution per active participant$1,257
Average account balance$19,330
Benefits paid to participants$411,150
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorCLARK, RAYMOND & COMPANY PLLC
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$9.7M · 500 accts · $184K emplr
2023$8.4M · 502 accts · $186K emplr
2022$7.7M · 518 accts · $219K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$56,804
Investment management$5,000
Audit (IQPA)$3,750
Total administrative$82,574
The Board of Trustees, Western States Ironworkers Shopmens 401(K) Plan 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,257
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$1,257 per active participant
2023$1,301 per active participant
2022$731 per active participant

Board of Trustees, Western States Ironworkers Shopmens 401(K) Plan's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $1,313 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 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20243
FIRST HILL TRUST COMPANY · Contract administrator · Recordkeeping$56,804
LAW OFFICE OF RICHARD A EKMAN, PLLC · Legal$6,000
WELLS FARGO ADVISORS · Investment advisory (plan)$5,000

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024FIRST HILL TRUST COMPANY
2023EB MANAGEMENT CO.

This plan has changed recordkeepers within these filings. If you left Board of Trustees, Western States Ironworkers Shopmens 401(K) Plan before a switch, your account may sit at the earlier firm or in a rollover IRA. Looking for an account from a past job here? How to find an old 401(k).

Administrative cost history3
2024$82,574 · 0.91%
2023$84,055 · 1.04%
2022$69,547 · 0.81%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 931233183 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.