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Pulse Technologies, Inc 401(K) Plan401(k)

PULSE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 401(K) PLAN · QUAKERTOWN, PA · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.41%

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

Pulse Technologies, Inc 401(K) Plan reported $37,219 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.41% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $251 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 0.38% to 0.41%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 22,307 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Pennsylvania (2,346th of 3,651), and 9,034th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2023, employees put in $15.63 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$9,450,260
Participants with balances267
Active participants235
Employer contributions$58,870
Employee contributions$919,950
Employer contribution per active participant$251
Average account balance$35,394
Benefits paid to participants$1,906,065
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorWIPFLI LLP
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$0
2024$8.9M · 237 accts · $53K emplr
2023$9.5M · 267 accts · $59K emplr
2022$8.8M · 250 accts · $51K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Recordkeeping & contract admin$32,859
Investment management$4,360
Total administrative$37,219
The Pulse Technologies, Inc 401(K) Plan 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$251
Median for plans this size$1,308
2024$252 per active participant
2023$251 per active participant
2022$228 per active participant

Pulse Technologies, Inc 401(K) Plan's 2023 employer contribution ran below the $1,308 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 · 20231
FULTON FINANCIAL ADVISOR · Recordkeeping · Consulting$37,218

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024FULTON BANK, N.A.
2023FULTON FINANCIAL ADVISOR

This plan has changed recordkeepers within these filings. If you left Pulse Technologies, Inc 401(K) Plan 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$37,954 · 0.41%
2023$37,219 · 0.41%
2022$36,303 · 0.38%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 232660285 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.