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Lawton Welding Co., Inc.401(k)

LAWTON WELDING CO., INC. 401(K) PLAN · TOPSFIELD, MA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.30%

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

Lawton Welding Co., Inc. reported $32,014 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.30% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $3,262 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 1 year on file its reported administrative ratio rose from 0.26% to 0.30%. 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 among the smaller plans on file in Massachusetts (1,791st of 2,726), and 8,245th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $1.95 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$11,317,835
Participants with balances149
Active participants127
Employer contributions$414,240
Employee contributions$807,837
Employer contribution per active participant$3,262
Average account balance$75,959
Benefits paid to participants$1,068,440
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorLEE AND CROWLEY
Plan history2
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$11.3M · 149 accts · $414K emplr
2023$9.7M · 147 accts · $508K emplr
The Lawton Welding Co., Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$3,262
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$3,262 per active participant
2023$3,998 per active participant

Lawton Welding Co., Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran above 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 · 20243
GLOBAL RETIREMENT PARTNERS LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$31,213
EMPOWER ADVISORY GROUP, LLC · Investment management$1,929

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

Administrative cost history2
2024$32,014 · 0.30%
2023$22,396 · 0.26%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 043251635 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.