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Particle Dynamics International,401(k)

PARTICLE DYNAMICS RETIREMENT PLAN · ST LOUIS, MO · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.19%

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

Particle Dynamics International, reported $12,305 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.19% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $2,834 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 0.22% to 0.19%. 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 Missouri (984th of 1,393), and 10,203rd of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $2.30 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$6,950,360
Participants with balances146
Active participants93
Employer contributions$263,525
Employee contributions$605,439
Employer contribution per active participant$2,834
Average account balance$47,605
Benefits paid to participants$551,031
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$0 · $103K emplr
2024$7.0M · 146 accts · $264K emplr
2023$5.8M · 140 accts · $232K emplr
2022$4.1M · 115 accts · $181K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$12,305
Total administrative$12,305
The Particle Dynamics International, 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,834
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$2,834 per active participant
2023$2,272 per active participant
2022$2,082 per active participant

Particle Dynamics International,'s 2024 employer contribution ran above the $1,313 median for plans its size, placing it in the top 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 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20243
ADP, INC. · Loan processing · Recordkeeping$12,305
ADP BROKER-DEALER · Other servicesindirect comp
FSC SECURITIES CORP · Other servicesindirect comp

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

Recordkeeper by year3
2025ADP, ARMANINO LLP
2024ADP
2023ADP

This plan has changed recordkeepers within these filings. If you left Particle Dynamics International, 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 history4
2025Not separately reported
2024$12,305 · 0.19%
2023$9,800 · 0.20%
2022$9,633 · 0.22%
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Schattdecor Inc. MO$6.8M · 0.66%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 272584419 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.