Plan Ledger DOL Form 5500 · updated monthly

Robert W. Baird & Co., Inc.401(k)

BAIRD PROFIT SHARING & SAVINGS PLAN · MILWAUKEE, WI · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.02%

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

Robert W. Baird & Co., Inc. reported $474,974 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.02% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $14,902 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 0.023%. The plan sits in the over $1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 1,229 comparable plans and shown alongside other finance & insurance employers. By assets it is the 15th-largest of 1,936 plans among Wisconsin employers on file, and the 90th of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2024, employees put in $1.22 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$2,186,434,009
Participants with balances6,323
Active participants5,264
Employer contributions$78,446,382
Employee contributions$95,460,490
Employer contribution per active participant$14,902
Average account balance$345,791
Benefits paid to participants$152,118,058
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$2.2B · 6,323 accts · $78.4M emplr
2023$1.9B · 6,175 accts · $66.3M emplr
2022$1.6B · 6,006 accts · $64.8M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$419,185
Total administrative$474,974
The Robert W. Baird & Co., Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$14,902
Median for plans this size$5,259
2024$14,902 per active participant
2023$13,029 per active participant
2022$13,169 per active participant

Robert W. Baird & Co., Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran above the $5,259 median for plans its size, placing it in the top 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 · 20241
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator · Loan processing$419,090

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$474,974 · 0.02%
2023$442,415 · 0.03%
2022$392,856 · 0.02%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 396037917 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.