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Medwest Associates, Inc401(k)

MEDWEST ASSOCIATES, INC. PROFIT SHARING PLAN · BURR RIDGE, IL · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.84%

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

Medwest Associates, Inc reported $58,198 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.84% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,318 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 0.71% to 0.84%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 22,307 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Illinois (2,632nd of 3,702), and 9,797th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2023, employees put in $7.43 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 88 to 105 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$7,735,214
Participants with balances105
Active participants105
Employer contributions$138,344
Employee contributions$1,027,705
Employer contribution per active participant$1,318
Average account balance$73,669
Benefits paid to participants$766,897
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$0
2023$7.7M · 105 accts · $138K emplr
2022$6.2M · 102 accts · $316K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Recordkeeping & contract admin$25,874
Investment management$27,464
Total administrative$58,198
The Medwest Associates, Inc 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$1,318
Median for plans this size$1,308
2023$1,318 per active participant
2022$3,589 per active participant

Medwest Associates, Inc's 2023 employer contribution ran above the $1,308 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 2023 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20233
MERRILL LYNCH - FAS · Investment advisory (participants)$13,732
MERRILL LYNCH - EPS · Investment advisory (participants)$13,732

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024John Hancock
2023John Hancock

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Administrative cost history3
2024Not separately reported
2023$58,198 · 0.84%
2022$44,401 · 0.71%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 363853061 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.