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Pax Machine Works, Inc.401(k)

PAX MACHINE WORKS, INC. 401(K) RETIREMENT PLAN · CELINA, OH · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.48%

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

Pax Machine Works, Inc. reported $141,059 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.48% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,199 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 0.478%. 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 977th-largest of 3,295 plans among Ohio employers on file, and the 4,499th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $5.81 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$29,917,461
Participants with balances209
Active participants193
Employer contributions$231,339
Employee contributions$1,344,729
Employer contribution per active participant$1,199
Average account balance$143,146
Benefits paid to participants$4,212,129
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorBADEN, GAGE & SCHROEDER, LLC
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$29.9M · 209 accts · $231K emplr
2023$29.1M · 216 accts · $240K emplr
2022$24.9M · 220 accts · $235K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$97,933
Investment management$43,126
Total administrative$141,059
The Pax Machine Works, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,199
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$1,199 per active participant
2023$1,205 per active participant
2022$1,183 per active participant

Pax Machine Works, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 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 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20243
EMPOWER ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY · Investment management$83,713
UBS FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC · Investment advisory (plan)$43,126
PENSION INNOVATIONS & CONSULTING · Contract administratorindirect comp

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

Administrative cost history3
2024$141,059 · 0.48%
2023$133,394 · 0.49%
2022$112,603 · 0.48%
All plans at this employer2
PAX MACHINE WORKS, INC. PENSION PLAN & TRUSTMoney purchase plan
PAX MACHINE WORKS, INC. 401(K) RETIREMENT PLAN401(k)
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 340895186 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.