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Hilite International401(k)

HILITE 401(K) RETIREMENT & SAVINGS PLAN · WHITEHALL, MI · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.32%

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

Hilite International reported $96,130 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.32% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $2,104 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 3 years on file its reported administrative ratio has held roughly steady near 0.32%. 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 787th-largest of 2,619 plans among Michigan employers on file, and the 4,482nd of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $2.76 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 342 to 282 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$30,079,414
Participants with balances622
Active participants282
Employer contributions$593,282
Employee contributions$1,635,268
Employer contribution per active participant$2,104
Average account balance$48,359
Benefits paid to participants$5,777,391
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorSIKICH CPA.LLC
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$30.1M · 622 accts · $593K emplr
2023$29.9M · 659 accts · $663K emplr
2022$27.2M · 661 accts · $708K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$69,251
Investment management$20,554
Audit (IQPA)$5,625
Total administrative$96,130
The Hilite International 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,104
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$2,104 per active participant
2023$2,309 per active participant
2022$2,071 per active participant

Hilite International'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 · 20244
SCHWAB RETIREMENT PLAN SERVICES INC · Recordkeeping · Investment advisory (participants)$65,559
GLOBAL RETIREMENT PARTNERS LLC · Investment management$19,321
SIKICH CPA LLC · Accounting / audit$11,250
CHARLES SCHWAB & CO., INC. · Securities brokerage$138

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Charles Schwab
2023Charles Schwab

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Administrative cost history3
2024$96,130 · 0.32%
2023$92,528 · 0.32%
2022$107,063 · 0.33%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 752147742 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.