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Salm Partners, LLC401(k)

SALM PARTNERS LLC 401(K) PLAN · DENMARK, WI · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.84%

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

Salm Partners, LLC reported $91,949 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.84% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,644 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 1 year on file its reported administrative ratio rose from 0.77% to 0.84%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 26,779 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Wisconsin (1,177th of 1,936), and 8,021st of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2023, employees put in $1.54 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 653 to 577 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$12,040,465
Participants with balances994
Active participants577
Employer contributions$948,609
Employee contributions$1,459,534
Employer contribution per active participant$1,644
Average account balance$12,113
Benefits paid to participants$2,500,934
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$0
2023$12.0M · 994 accts · $949K emplr
2022$9.9M · 762 accts · $592K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Recordkeeping & contract admin$62,407
Investment management$29,542
Total administrative$91,949
The Salm Partners, LLC 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$1,644
Median for plans this size$2,440
2023$1,644 per active participant
2022$906 per active participant

Salm Partners, LLC's 2023 employer contribution ran below the $2,440 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.

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 · 20232
MORGAN STANLEY · Investment advisory (plan)$38,270

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

Administrative cost history3
2024Not separately reported
2023$91,949 · 0.84%
2022$80,295 · 0.77%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 200685405 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.