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Knowles Corporation401(k)

KNOWLES CORPORATION 401(K) PLAN · ITASCA, IL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.14%

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

Knowles Corporation reported $265,000 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.14% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $4,066 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 0.14%. 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 329th-largest of 3,702 plans among Illinois employers on file, and the 1,146th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $1.92 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 1,071 to 1,194 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$204,482,034
Participants with balances1,735
Active participants1,194
Employer contributions$4,854,733
Employee contributions$9,344,880
Employer contribution per active participant$4,066
Average account balance$117,857
Benefits paid to participants$19,741,758
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorBDO USA, LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$204.5M · 1,735 accts · $4.9M emplr
2023$183.3M · 1,476 accts · $4.5M emplr
2022$164.3M · 1,498 accts · $4.6M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$139,283
Investment management$80,717
Audit (IQPA)$45,000
Total administrative$265,000
The Knowles Corporation 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$4,066
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$4,066 per active participant
2023$4,517 per active participant
2022$4,300 per active participant

Knowles Corporation's 2024 employer contribution ran above 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 · 20245
EMPOWER ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY · Recordkeeping · Loan processing$139,347
CAPITAL STRATEGIES INVESTMENT GROUP · Investment advisory (plan) · Investment advisory (participants)$60,000
BDO USA LLP · Accounting / audit$45,000
EMPOWER ADVISORY GROUP, LLC · Investment advisory (participants)$20,717
EMPOWER FINANCIAL SERVICES · Securities brokerage$145

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Empower
2023Empower

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Administrative cost history3
2024$265,000 · 0.14%
2023$237,648 · 0.14%
2022$238,122 · 0.13%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 901002689 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.