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Essick Air Products, Inc.401(k)

ESSICK AIR PRODUCTS, INC. 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN & TRUST · LITTLE ROCK, AR · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.74%

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

Essick Air Products, Inc. reported $69,478 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.74% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $2,050 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 rose from 0.62% to 0.68%. 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 Arkansas (233rd of 456), and 8,876th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2023, employees put in $1.67 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 302 to 232 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$9,815,012
Participants with balances218
Active participants232
Employer contributions$475,640
Employee contributions$794,814
Employer contribution per active participant$2,050
Average account balance$45,023
Benefits paid to participants$1,826,295
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorLITTLE, SHANEYFELT, MARSHALL & CO.
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$8.6M · 207 accts · $339K emplr
2023$9.8M · 218 accts · $476K emplr
2022$9.0M · 351 accts · $516K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Recordkeeping & contract admin$69,478
Total administrative$69,478
The Essick Air Products, Inc. 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$2,050
Median for plans this size$1,308
2024$2,055 per active participant
2023$2,050 per active participant
2022$1,709 per active participant

Essick Air Products, Inc.'s 2023 employer contribution ran above the $1,308 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.

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 · 20234
ARVEST ASSET MANAGEMENT · Investment advisory (plan)$23,742
RETIREMENT, LLC - SERIES TWO · Contract administrator$15,780
DEFINITI LLC · Contract administratorindirect comp

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

Administrative cost history3
2024$62,335 · 0.68%
2023$69,478 · 0.74%
2022$59,700 · 0.62%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 710748001 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.