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Foster Corporation401(k)

FOSTER CORPORATION 401(K) PLAN · PUTNAM, CT · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.04%

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

Foster Corporation reported $7,068 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.04% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $2,115 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 0.02% to 0.11%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Connecticut (556th of 1,106), and the 5,905th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $2.13 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 173 to 224 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$20,156,891
Participants with balances260
Active participants224
Employer contributions$473,669
Employee contributions$1,006,910
Employer contribution per active participant$2,115
Average account balance$77,527
Benefits paid to participants$779,475
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$305 · $19K emplr
2024$20.2M · 260 accts · $474K emplr
2023$16.9M · 201 accts · $405K emplr
2022$16.4M · 206 accts · $424K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$7,068
Total administrative$7,068
The Foster Corporation 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,115
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$2,115 per active participant
2023$2,248 per active participant
2022$2,452 per active participant

Foster Corporation's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 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
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$7,068
OSAIC WEALTH INCindirect comp

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

Administrative cost history4
2025$11,241 · 0.11%
2024$7,068 · 0.04%
2023$3,395 · 0.02%
2022Not separately reported
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 061261994 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.