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Ditch Witch of Illinois dba Ditch Witch Midwest401(k)

DITCH WITCH MIDWEST SALARY SAVINGS PLAN · WEST CHICAGO, IL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.02%

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

Ditch Witch of Illinois dba Ditch Witch Midwest reported $2,720 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.02% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $4,510 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 0.019% to 0.017%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other wholesale trade employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Illinois (1,874th of 3,702), and 2,170th of 4,246 in wholesale trade. In 2024, employees put in $1.41 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 63 to 79 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$16,922,605
Participants with balances102
Active participants79
Employer contributions$356,265
Employee contributions$502,627
Employer contribution per active participant$4,510
Average account balance$165,908
Benefits paid to participants$1,792,802
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorCRAY, KAISER LTD.
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$16.9M · 102 accts · $356K emplr
2023$15.6M · 114 accts · $437K emplr
2022$13.7M · 109 accts · $382K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$2,720
Total administrative$2,720
The Ditch Witch of Illinois dba Ditch Witch Midwest 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$4,510
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$4,510 per active participant
2023$6,328 per active participant
2022$6,058 per active participant

Ditch Witch of Illinois dba Ditch Witch Midwest's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $2,416 median for plans its size, placing it in the top 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 · 20241
STANCORP FINANCIAL GROUP · Claims processing · Recordkeeping$33,998

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024The Standard
2023Securian

This plan has changed recordkeepers within these filings. If you left Ditch Witch of Illinois dba Ditch Witch Midwest 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$2,720 · 0.02%
2023$2,704 · 0.02%
2022$2,684 · 0.02%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 362691121 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.