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Central Welding Supply, Inc.401(k)

CENTRAL WELDING SUPPLY, INC. PROFIT SHARING PLAN · NORTH LAKEWOOD, WA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.18%

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

Central Welding Supply, Inc. reported $42,998 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.18% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $1,269 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 fell from 0.28% to 0.18%. 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 the 602nd-largest of 1,714 plans among Washington employers on file, and the 5,161st of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $2.50 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$24,826,404
Participants with balances480
Active participants386
Employer contributions$490,000
Employee contributions$1,225,577
Employer contribution per active participant$1,269
Average account balance$51,722
Benefits paid to participants$2,682,927
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorDWYER PEMBERTON & COULSON PC
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$24.8M · 480 accts · $490K emplr
2023$23.3M · 464 accts · $475K emplr
2022$19.0M · 436 accts · $460K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$15,498
Investment management$27,500
Total administrative$42,998
The Central Welding Supply, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,269
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$1,269 per active participant
2023$1,199 per active participant
2022$1,264 per active participant

Central Welding Supply, 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.

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 · 20244
USI CONSULTING GROUP · Recordkeeping · Loan processing$15,498
USI ADVISORS, INC. · Investment advisory (participants) · Investment advisory (plan)$27,500
CHARLES SCHWAB & CO. · Custodial · Custodial (securities)indirect comp
CHARLES SCHWAB BANK · Custodial · Custodial (securities)indirect 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
2024USI Consulting
2023USI Consulting

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Administrative cost history3
2024$42,998 · 0.18%
2023$51,660 · 0.24%
2022$50,917 · 0.28%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 910939329 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.