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Ess Tech Subsidiary, Inc401(k)

ESS TECH SUBSIDIARY 401(K) PLAN · WILSONVILLE, OR · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.12%

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

Ess Tech Subsidiary, Inc reported $6,628 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.12% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $3,845 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 0.08% to 0.12%. 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 Oregon (667th of 1,021), and 10,227th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2023, employees put in $2.03 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$6,901,898
Participants with balances303
Active participants217
Employer contributions$834,387
Employee contributions$1,694,629
Employer contribution per active participant$3,845
Average account balance$22,779
Benefits paid to participants$886,665
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorPERKINS & CO
Plan history2
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2023$6.9M · 303 accts · $834K emplr
2022$3.9M · 268 accts · $632K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Recordkeeping & contract admin$2,448
Investment management$4,180
Total administrative$6,628
The Ess Tech Subsidiary, Inc 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$3,845
Median for plans this size$1,308
2023$3,845 per active participant
2022$2,772 per active participant

Ess Tech Subsidiary, Inc's 2023 employer contribution ran above the $1,308 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 2023 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20231
GUIDELINE, INC. · Plan administrator · Recordkeeping$6,628

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$6,628 · 0.12%
2022$2,490 · 0.08%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 274534133 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.