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Skills Inc.401(k)

SKILLS INC. 401(K) PLAN · AUBURN, WA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.74%

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

Skills Inc. reported $87,798 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.74% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,710 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 0.81% to 0.74%. 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 Washington (941st of 1,714), and 7,819th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $2.32 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 275 to 215 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$12,686,455
Participants with balances394
Active participants215
Employer contributions$367,549
Employee contributions$852,320
Employer contribution per active participant$1,710
Average account balance$32,199
Benefits paid to participants$1,037,117
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorVWC P.S.
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$12.7M · 394 accts · $368K emplr
2023$11.1M · 416 accts
2022$9.4M · 420 accts · $261K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$59,014
Investment management$28,784
Total administrative$87,798
The Skills Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,710
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$1,710 per active participant
2022$948 per active participant

Skills Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 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 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20242
RBC WEALTH MANAGEMENT · Investment advisory (plan)$26,550

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$87,798 · 0.74%
2023$78,374 · 0.76%
2022$85,469 · 0.81%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 910816065 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.