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Federal Signal Corporation401(k) + ESOP (KSOP)

FEDERAL SIGNAL CORPORATION RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN · DOWNERS GROVE, IL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.08%

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

Federal Signal Corporation reported $432,793 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.08% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $3,322 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 0.10% to 0.08%. 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 141st-largest of 3,702 plans among Illinois employers on file, and the 537th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $1.59 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 3,383 to 3,837 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$544,100,879
Participants with balances4,797
Active participants3,837
Employer contributions$12,747,663
Employee contributions$20,246,272
Employer contribution per active participant$3,322
Average account balance$113,425
Benefits paid to participants$46,646,028
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$544.1M · 4,797 accts · $12.7M emplr
2023$493.7M · 4,567 accts · $11.4M emplr
2022$419.5M · 4,294 accts · $9.7M emplr
The Federal Signal Corporation 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$3,322
Median for plans this size$4,294
2024$3,322 per active participant
2023$3,188 per active participant
2022$2,873 per active participant

Federal Signal Corporation'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.

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
THE VANGUARD GROUP, INC. · Recordkeeping · Consulting$443,439
WINSTON & STRAWN · Legal$5,539

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$432,793 · 0.08%
2023$447,469 · 0.10%
2022$455,178 · 0.10%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 361063330 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.