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Empower HR, LLC401(k)

EMPOWER HR RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN · MILWAUKEE, WI · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.80%

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

Empower HR, LLC reported $1,174,264 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.80% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $473 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 0.74%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 9,317 comparable plans and shown alongside other administrative & support services employers. By assets it is the 166th-largest of 1,936 plans among Wisconsin employers on file, and the 117th of 2,534 in administrative & support services. In 2023, employees put in $3.33 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 12,254 to 10,705 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$157,049,276
Participants with balances4,497
Active participants10,705
Employer contributions$5,065,417
Employee contributions$16,853,634
Employer contribution per active participant$473
Average account balance$34,923
Benefits paid to participants$13,286,650
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorMETZ AND ASSOCIATES, PLLC
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$114.3M · 3,715 accts · $3.2M emplr
2023$157.0M · 4,497 accts · $5.1M emplr
2022$136.5M · 4,371 accts · $5.8M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Recordkeeping & contract admin$966,380
Investment management$198,060
Total administrative$1,174,264
The Empower HR, LLC 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$473
Median for plans this size$3,659
2024$415 per active participant
2023$473 per active participant
2022$477 per active participant

Empower HR, LLC's 2023 employer contribution ran below the $3,659 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 · 20236
TRANSAMERICA FINANCIAL LIFE INS CO · Recordkeeping · Loan processing$674,773
PINNACLE AN NPPG COMPANY · Recordkeeping · Loan processing$219,941
LPL FINANCIAL CORPORATION · Investment advisory (plan)$186,515
3(16) FIDUCIARY SERVICES · Plan administrator$143,753
SOURDERS FINANCIAL ADVISORS RIA · Investment advisory (plan)$11,544
TOMASEK LAW OFFICE LLC · Legal$9,824

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024PINNACLE AN NPPG COMPANY, Transamerica
2023PINNACLE AN NPPG COMPANY, Transamerica

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Administrative cost history3
2024$1,010,223 · 0.74%
2023$1,174,264 · 0.80%
2022$1,097,518 · 0.72%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 391962784 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.