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Ess Tech, Inc401(k)

ESS TECH 401(K) PLAN · WILSONVILLE, OR · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.12%

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

Ess Tech, Inc reported $10,988 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.12% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $4,060 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.

The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Oregon (527th of 1,021), and 8,406th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $1.97 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$10,896,560
Participants with balances317
Active participants226
Employer contributions$917,600
Employee contributions$1,804,111
Employer contribution per active participant$4,060
Average account balance$34,374
Benefits paid to participants$1,061,562
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorPERKINS AND COMPANY, P.C.
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$4,084
Investment management$6,904
Total administrative$10,988
The Ess Tech, Inc 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$4,060
Median for plans this size$1,313

Ess Tech, Inc's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $1,313 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.

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 · 20242
GUIDELINE, INC. · Plan administrator · Recordkeeping$9,936
BENEFIT TRUST COMPANY · 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.

Administrative cost history1
2024$10,988 · 0.12%
Similar plansManufacturing · Oregon
Frank Lumber Co., Inc. OR$11.2M · 0.40%
Asc OR$11.0M · 0.03%
Cascade Wood Products Inc. OR$10.9M · 0.23%
Meduri Farms, Inc. OR$10.7M · 0.88%
Phoseon Technology Inc. OR$10.7M · 0.27%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 981550150 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.