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Helwig Carbon Products, Inc.401(k)

HELWIG CARBON PRODUCTS, INC. PROFIT SHARING RETIREMENT PLAN · MILWAUKEE, WI · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.20%

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

Helwig Carbon Products, Inc. reported $62,022 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.20% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $1,907 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 fell from 0.23% to 0.20%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 26,779 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 575th-largest of 1,936 plans among Wisconsin employers on file, and the 4,166th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2023, employees put in $2.40 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$33,359,401
Participants with balances305
Active participants272
Employer contributions$518,609
Employee contributions$1,243,506
Employer contribution per active participant$1,907
Average account balance$109,375
Benefits paid to participants$2,345,613
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history2
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2023$33.4M · 305 accts · $519K emplr
2022$27.5M · 284 accts · $512K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Recordkeeping & contract admin$62,022
Total administrative$62,022
The Helwig Carbon Products, Inc. 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$1,907
Median for plans this size$2,440
2023$1,907 per active participant
2022$1,963 per active participant

Helwig Carbon Products, Inc.'s 2023 employer contribution ran below the $2,440 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 · 20233
JOHN HANCOCK ENTERPRISES · Trustee · Investment management$44,540
COMMONWEALTH FINANCIAL NETWORK · Investment advisory (plan)$37,781
AVANTAX ADVISORY SERVICE · Investment advisory (plan)$20,816

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$62,022 · 0.20%
2022$63,875 · 0.23%
All plans at this employer2
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 390342040 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.