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Sewer Equipment Company of America401(k)

SEWER EQUIPMENT CO. OF AMERICA 401(K) PLAN · DIXON, IL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.51%

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

Sewer Equipment Company of America reported $57,380 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.51% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $997 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 0.45% to 0.51%. 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 among the smaller plans on file in Illinois (2,219th of 3,702), and 8,005th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $3.30 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 234 to 341 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$12,084,969
Participants with balances395
Active participants341
Employer contributions$339,857
Employee contributions$1,122,171
Employer contribution per active participant$997
Average account balance$30,595
Benefits paid to participants$934,031
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorWIPELI LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$12.1M · 395 accts · $340K emplr
2023$10.3M · 332 accts · $255K emplr
2022$7.6M · 270 accts · $200K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$37,026
Audit (IQPA)$20,354
Total administrative$57,380
The Sewer Equipment Company of America 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$997
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$997 per active participant
2023$893 per active participant
2022$855 per active participant

Sewer Equipment Company of America's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 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 · 20242
ASCENSUS LLC · Loan processing · Recordkeeping$37,026
WIPFLI · Accounting / audit$20,354

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

Recordkeeper by year2
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Administrative cost history3
2024$57,380 · 0.51%
2023$37,836 · 0.42%
2022$39,199 · 0.45%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 362786536 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.