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Pako, Inc.401(k)

PAKO, INC. EMPLOYEES' 401(K) PLAN AND TRUST · MENTOR, OH · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.87%

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

Pako, Inc. reported $151,694 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.87% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,264 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 0.84% to 0.50%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 26,779 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 1,407th-largest of 3,295 plans among Ohio employers on file, and the 6,257th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2023, employees put in $3.25 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 188 to 209 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$18,361,887
Participants with balances202
Active participants209
Employer contributions$264,272
Employee contributions$859,176
Employer contribution per active participant$1,264
Average account balance$90,900
Benefits paid to participants$1,580,494
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorREA & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$17.8M · 221 accts · $311K emplr
2023$18.4M · 202 accts · $264K emplr
2022$16.5M · 196 accts · $223K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Recordkeeping & contract admin$151,694
Total administrative$151,694
The Pako, Inc. 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$1,264
Median for plans this size$2,440
2024$1,455 per active participant
2023$1,264 per active participant
2022$1,185 per active participant

Pako, Inc.'s 2023 employer contribution ran below the $2,440 median for plans its size, in the bottom quarter of its peers. 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
MGO ONE SEVEN, LLC · Recordkeeping · Consulting$100,605
NATIONWIDE · Recordkeeping · Investment advisory (participants)$50,295
MGO INVESTMENT ADVISORS, INC. · Investment advisory (participants) · Investment advisory (plan)indirect comp

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024MGO ONE SEVEN, LLC, Nationwide
2023MGO ONE SEVEN, LLC, Nationwide

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Administrative cost history3
2024$89,811 · 0.50%
2023$151,694 · 0.87%
2022$154,856 · 0.84%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 341123019 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.