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Esco Technologies Inc.401(k)

ESCO EMPLOYEE SAVINGS INVESTMENT PLAN · ST. LOUIS, MO · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.04%

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

Esco Technologies Inc. reported $188,987 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.04% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $3,469 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 0.044% to 0.040%. The plan sits in the $250M–$1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 2,883 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 60th-largest of 1,393 plans among Missouri employers on file, and the 562nd of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $2.31 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$508,139,584
Participants with balances3,726
Active participants2,598
Employer contributions$9,013,741
Employee contributions$20,811,884
Employer contribution per active participant$3,469
Average account balance$136,377
Benefits paid to participants$38,662,164
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorUHY LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$508.1M · 3,726 accts · $9.0M emplr
2023$448.1M · 3,605 accts · $8.3M emplr
2022$389.1M · 3,403 accts · $7.7M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$158,569
Trustee / custodial$28,618
Total administrative$188,987
The Esco Technologies Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$3,469
Median for plans this size$4,294
2024$3,469 per active participant
2023$3,262 per active participant
2022$3,253 per active participant

Esco Technologies Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $4,294 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.

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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
VANGUARD GROUP INC. · Recordkeeping · Consulting$188,987

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Vanguard
2023Vanguard

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Administrative cost history3
2024$188,987 · 0.04%
2023$172,021 · 0.04%
2022$190,986 · 0.04%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 431554045 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.