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Pre Con, Inc.401(k)

J.L. WAUFORD, INC. 401(K) PLAN · CHESTER, VA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.47%

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

Pre Con, Inc. reported $49,044 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.47% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $645 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 0.54% to 0.47%. 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 among the smaller plans on file in Virginia (1,408th of 2,266), and 8,423rd of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $2.80 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 159 to 275 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$10,855,661
Participants with balances170
Active participants275
Employer contributions$177,287
Employee contributions$496,610
Employer contribution per active participant$645
Average account balance$63,857
Benefits paid to participants$954,441
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorL2G, INC.
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$10.9M · 170 accts · $177K emplr
2023$9.8M · 168 accts · $113K emplr
2022$9.3M · 162 accts · $118K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$9,887
Investment management$39,157
Total administrative$49,044
The Pre Con, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$645
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$645 per active participant
2023$695 per active participant
2022$741 per active participant

Pre Con, 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
MERRILL LYNCH PIERCE FENNER & SMITH · Investment advisory (plan)$29,908
EMPOWER ADVISORY GROUP, LLC · Investment management$9,249

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$49,044 · 0.47%
2023$44,728 · 0.47%
2022$55,645 · 0.54%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 540934933 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.