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Hwashin America Corporation401(k)

HWASHIN AMERICA 401(K) PLAN · GREENVILLE, AL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.12%

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

Hwashin America Corporation reported $4,014 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.12% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,600 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 0.09% to 0.12%. 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 Alabama (696th of 902), and 11,899th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $1.53 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 357 to 160 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$3,724,647
Participants with balances138
Active participants160
Employer contributions$255,941
Employee contributions$392,664
Employer contribution per active participant$1,600
Average account balance$26,990
Benefits paid to participants$419,957
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$3.7M · 138 accts · $256K emplr
2023$3.2M · 149 accts · $258K emplr
2022$2.5M · 154 accts · $154K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$4,014
Total administrative$4,014
The Hwashin America Corporation 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,600
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$1,600 per active participant
2023$760 per active participant
2022$433 per active participant

Hwashin America Corporation's 2024 employer contribution ran above 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 · 20241
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator · Loan processing$4,014

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

Administrative cost history3
2024$4,014 · 0.12%
2023$3,633 · 0.13%
2022$2,357 · 0.09%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 753099576 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.