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Retail Wholesale Department Store Defined Contribution Pension PlanMoney purchase plan

RETAIL WHOLESALE DEPARTMENT STORE UNION LOCAL 1034 DEFINED CONTRIBUTION PENSION PLAN · WAYNE, PA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
1.84%

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

Retail Wholesale Department Store Defined Contribution Pension Plan reported $76,357 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 1.84% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $71 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 2.09% to 1.84%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other professional & technical services employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Pennsylvania (2,976th of 3,651), and 10,077th of 11,654 in professional & technical services.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$4,246,488
Participants with balances2,253
Active participants2,253
Employer contributions$160,513
Employee contributions—
Employer contribution per active participant$71
Average account balance$1,885
Benefits paid to participants$206,192
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorCHERNOW, KURTZMAN & COMPANY,P.C.
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$4.2M · 2,253 accts · $161K emplr
2023$4.0M · 2,321 accts · $161K emplr
2022$3.9M · 2,265 accts · $119K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$27,573
Investment management$17,295
Audit (IQPA)$12,250
Total administrative$76,357
Employer contributions to the Retail Wholesale Department Store Defined Contribution Pension Plan plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$71
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$71 per active participant
2023$70 per active participant
2022$52 per active participant

Retail Wholesale Department Store Defined Contribution Pension Plan's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $1,313 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 · 20244
O NEILL CONSULTING CORPORATION · Claims processing · Custodial (securities)$27,573
PFM ADVISORS · Investment management$17,295
CHERNOW KURTZMAN AND COMPANY, P.C. · Accounting / audit$12,250
SPEAR WILDERMAN · Legal$6,000

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$76,357 · 1.84%
2023$90,190 · 2.28%
2022$89,482 · 2.09%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 226289686 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.