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Minnesota Wire & Cable Co.401(k)

MINNESOTA WIRE & CABLE COMPANY 401K PLAN · SAINT PAUL, MN · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.35%

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

Minnesota Wire & Cable Co. reported $21,375 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.35% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $711 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 fell from 0.78% to 0.35%. 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 Minnesota (1,474th of 1,918), and 10,382nd of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $6.21 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 155 to 102 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$6,599,204
Participants with balances134
Active participants102
Employer contributions$72,572
Employee contributions$450,933
Employer contribution per active participant$711
Average account balance$49,248
Benefits paid to participants$420,928
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorBOYUM AND BARENSCHEER PLLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$6.6M · 134 accts · $73K emplr
2023$5.6M · 206 accts · $73K emplr
2022$4.6M · 202 accts · $66K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$21,375
Total administrative$21,375
The Minnesota Wire & Cable Co. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$711
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$711 per active participant
2023$520 per active participant
2022$424 per active participant

Minnesota Wire & Cable Co.'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.

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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 · 20241
THE VANGUARD GROUP, INC. · Recordkeeping · Loan processing$21,375

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Vanguard
2023John Hancock, Vanguard

This plan has changed recordkeepers within these filings. If you left Minnesota Wire & Cable Co. before a switch, your account may sit at the earlier firm or in a rollover IRA. Looking for an account from a past job here? How to find an old 401(k).

Administrative cost history3
2024$21,375 · 0.35%
2023$34,632 · 0.68%
2022$41,888 · 0.78%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 410985588 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.