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Hertzberg-New Method, Inc.401(k)

HERTZBERG-NEW METHOD, INC. RETIREMENT PLAN · JACKSONVILLE, IL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.15%

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

Hertzberg-New Method, Inc. reported $9,467 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.15% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,198 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 0.29% to 0.15%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Illinois (2,767th of 3,702), and 10,371st of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, the employer put in $1.03 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$6,627,242
Participants with balances162
Active participants112
Employer contributions$134,201
Employee contributions$130,886
Employer contribution per active participant$1,198
Average account balance$40,909
Benefits paid to participants$318,624
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorECK SCHAFER & PUNKE LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$6.6M · 162 accts · $134K emplr
2023$6.0M · 162 accts · $139K emplr
2022$5.2M · 152 accts · $143K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$9,467
Total administrative$9,467
The Hertzberg-New Method, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,198
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$1,198 per active participant
2023$1,122 per active participant
2022$1,192 per active participant

Hertzberg-New Method, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $1,313 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
JOHN HANCOCK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Recordkeeping · Investment management$1,250
WILSHIRE ASSOCIATES INC(USA) · Investment advisory (participants)$3,065

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024John Hancock
2023John Hancock

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Administrative cost history3
2024$9,467 · 0.15%
2023$12,639 · 0.22%
2022$14,716 · 0.29%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 371001726 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.