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Loud Audio, LLC401(k)

LOUD AUDIO, LLC 401K PLAN · BOTHELL, WA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.63%

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

Loud Audio, LLC reported $54,989 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.63% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $768 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 0.629%. 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 Washington (1,117th of 1,714), and 9,165th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $11.34 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$9,150,468
Participants with balances108
Active participants59
Employer contributions$45,328
Employee contributions$514,244
Employer contribution per active participant$768
Average account balance$84,727
Benefits paid to participants$610,752
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorHAGEN KURTH PERMAN & CO., P.S.
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$9.2M · 108 accts · $45K emplr
2023$8.3M · 111 accts · $41K emplr
2022$7.1M · 113 accts · $44K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$35,625
Investment management$19,364
Total administrative$54,989
The Loud Audio, LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$768
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$768 per active participant
2023$709 per active participant
2022$792 per active participant

Loud Audio, LLC's 2024 employer contribution ran below 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 · 20242
LINCOLN NATIONAL CORPORATION · Contract administrator$35,625
ALLIANT RETIREMENT CONSULTING · Investment advisory (plan)$19,351

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$54,989 · 0.63%
2023$46,887 · 0.61%
2022$50,127 · 0.63%
Similar plansManufacturing · Washington
Omada International, LLC WA$9.4M · 0.69%
Magnix USA, Inc. WA$9.4M · 0.03%
Blaser Die Casting Co. WA$9.1M · 0.50%
Controltek, Inc. WA$9.1M · 0.85%
Cdr Manufacturing, LLC WA$9.0M · 0.63%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 822870130 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.