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Modern Welding Company, Inc.401(k)

MODERN WELDING COMPANY 401(K) SAVINGS PLAN · OWENSBORO, KY · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.33%

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

Modern Welding Company, Inc. reported $109,217 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.33% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $1,617 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 0.33%. 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 the 205th-largest of 871 plans among Kentucky employers on file, and the 4,127th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $2.24 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 315 to 370 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$33,860,343
Participants with balances412
Active participants370
Employer contributions$598,346
Employee contributions$1,339,647
Employer contribution per active participant$1,617
Average account balance$82,185
Benefits paid to participants$4,566,386
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$33.9M · 412 accts · $598K emplr
2023$32.1M · 415 accts · $592K emplr
2022$27.4M · 410 accts · $563K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$42,378
Investment management$55,818
Audit (IQPA)$11,021
Total administrative$109,217
The Modern Welding Company, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,617
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$1,617 per active participant
2023$1,490 per active participant
2022$1,787 per active participant

Modern Welding Company, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below 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
ASCENSUS LLC · Loan processing · Recordkeeping$42,378
AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL · Investment advisory (plan)$55,818
CHERRY BEKAERT LLP · Accounting / audit$11,021

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

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Administrative cost history3
2024$109,217 · 0.33%
2023$96,630 · 0.32%
2022$98,363 · 0.32%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 611229111 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.