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Bowe Systec North America401(k)

BOWE SYSTEC NORTH AMERICA 401(K) · RALEIGH, NC · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.61%

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

Bowe Systec North America reported $68,198 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.61% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $3,074 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.

Across the 3 years on file its reported administrative ratio has held roughly steady near 0.614%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other professional & technical services employers. By assets it is the 987th-largest of 2,005 plans among North Carolina employers on file, and 7,237th of 11,654 in professional & technical services. In 2024, employees put in $2.46 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$12,499,918
Participants with balances120
Active participants105
Employer contributions$322,760
Employee contributions$795,479
Employer contribution per active participant$3,074
Average account balance$104,166
Benefits paid to participants$773,757
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$12.5M · 120 accts · $323K emplr
2023$9.7M · 119 accts · $317K emplr
2022$7.8M · 124 accts · $270K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$3,961
Investment management$64,237
Total administrative$68,198
The Bowe Systec North America 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$3,074
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$3,074 per active participant
2023$3,482 per active participant
2022$2,813 per active participant

Bowe Systec North America's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $2,416 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
ADP, INC. · Loan processing · Recordkeeping$49,159
MERRILL LYNCH PIERCE FENNER & SMITH · Recordkeeping · Pension consulting$19,038
ADP BROKER-DEALER · Other servicesindirect comp

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

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

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Administrative cost history3
2024$68,198 · 0.61%
2023$56,326 · 0.64%
2022$50,469 · 0.61%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 453265698 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.