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Electro Chemical Finishing Co.401(k)

ELECTRO CHEMICAL FINISHING CO. 401(K) & PROFIT SHARING PLAN · WYOMING, MI · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
1.82%

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

Electro Chemical Finishing Co. reported $29,229 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 1.82% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $0 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 1 year on file its reported administrative ratio rose from 1.37% to 1.82%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 22,307 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Michigan (2,400th of 2,619), and 12,941st of 13,661 in manufacturing.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$1,744,320
Participants with balances93
Active participants78
Employer contributions$0
Employee contributions$136,209
Employer contribution per active participant$0
Average account balance$18,756
Benefits paid to participants$70,572
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorDOEREN MAYHEW
Plan history2
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2023$1.7M · 93 accts
2022$1.5M · 108 accts
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Recordkeeping & contract admin$29,229
Total administrative$29,229
The Electro Chemical Finishing Co. 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$0
Median for plans this size$1,308

Electro Chemical Finishing Co.'s 2023 employer contribution ran below the $1,308 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 2023 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20232
NEWPORT GROUP, INC.$14,859
DOEREN MAYHEW · Accounting / audit$12,500

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

Administrative cost history2
2023$29,229 · 1.82%
2022$21,448 · 1.37%
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Proos Manufacturing, Inc. MI$1.8M · 0.80%
Hart Enterprises, Inc. MI$1.6M · 1.14%
Wmc LLC MI$1.6M · 0.38%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 382181195 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.