Plan Ledger DOL Form 5500 · updated monthly

Process Equipment, Inc.401(k)

PROCESSBARRON 401(K) PLAN · PELHAM, AL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.23%

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

Process Equipment, Inc. reported $44,756 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.23% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $2,101 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 rose from 0.21% to 0.23%. 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 306th-largest of 902 plans among Alabama employers on file, and the 5,844th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $2.51 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 453 to 393 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$20,476,556
Participants with balances391
Active participants393
Employer contributions$825,767
Employee contributions$2,070,496
Employer contribution per active participant$2,101
Average account balance$52,370
Benefits paid to participants$2,921,978
Plan auditQualified audit opinion
AuditorWARREN AVERRETT
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$20.5M · 391 accts · $826K emplr
2023$17.9M · 425 accts · $943K emplr
2022$13.7M · 352 accts · $318K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$44,756
Total administrative$44,756
The Process Equipment, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,101
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$2,101 per active participant
2023$2,059 per active participant
2022$703 per active participant

Process Equipment, 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.

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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 · 20241
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator$43,615

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$44,756 · 0.23%
2023$35,946 · 0.23%
2022$30,515 · 0.21%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 630799730 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.