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Fuel Tech, Inc.401(k)

FUEL TECH, INC. RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN · WARRENVILLE, IL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.02%

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

Fuel Tech, Inc. reported $6,744 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.02% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $3,714 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 0.03% to 0.02%. 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 the 1,329th-largest of 3,702 plans among Illinois employers on file, and the 4,530th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $3.27 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 60 to 67 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$29,612,468
Participants with balances100
Active participants67
Employer contributions$248,807
Employee contributions$814,244
Employer contribution per active participant$3,714
Average account balance$296,125
Benefits paid to participants$2,759,208
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$29.6M · 100 accts · $249K emplr
2023$27.7M · 101 accts · $233K emplr
2022$26.4M · 100 accts · $200K emplr
The Fuel Tech, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$3,714
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$3,714 per active participant
2023$3,475 per active participant
2022$3,338 per active participant

Fuel Tech, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran above 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.

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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 · 20241

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Bank of America / Merrill
2023Bank of America / Merrill

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Administrative cost history3
2024$6,744 · 0.02%
2023$1,625 · 0.01%
2022$9,473 · 0.03%
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Ascent Industries Co. IL$29.7M · 0.25%
Semblex Corporation IL$29.6M · 0.35%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 205657551 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.