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Hydro-Gear Limited Partnership401(k)

HYDRO-GEAR RETIREMENT PLAN · SULLIVAN, IL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.41%

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

Hydro-Gear Limited Partnership reported $271,006 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.41% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $2,110 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 0.33% to 0.41%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 727th-largest of 3,702 plans among Illinois employers on file, and the 2,497th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, the employer put in $1.00 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves; active participation has shrunk from 1,375 to 1,175 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$68,800,345
Participants with balances1,738
Active participants1,175
Employer contributions$2,479,275
Employee contributions$2,470,184
Employer contribution per active participant$2,110
Average account balance$39,586
Benefits paid to participants$6,502,752
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$68.8M · 1,738 accts · $2.5M emplr
2023$62.2M · 1,784 accts · $2.7M emplr
2022$53.4M · 1,692 accts · $2.5M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$271,006
Total administrative$271,006
The Hydro-Gear Limited Partnership 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,110
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$2,110 per active participant
2023$2,032 per active participant
2022$1,801 per active participant

Hydro-Gear Limited Partnership's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $3,635 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
THE LAMPO GROUP LLC DBA SMARTDOLLAR · Contract administrator$24,278
FORVIS MAZARS LLP · Contract administrator$6,363
SMITH MOOREindirect comp

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$271,006 · 0.41%
2023$243,522 · 0.42%
2022$189,979 · 0.33%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 371278894 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.