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Southwest Microwave, Inc.401(k)

SOUTHWEST MICROWAVE EMPLOYEE SAVINGS & PROFIT SHARING PLAN · TEMPE, AZ · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.48%

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

Southwest Microwave, Inc. reported $85,360 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.48% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $3,106 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 0.53% to 0.48%. 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 the 387th-largest of 1,285 plans among Arizona employers on file, and the 6,239th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $2.71 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 146 to 120 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$18,440,503
Participants with balances166
Active participants120
Employer contributions$372,769
Employee contributions$1,009,896
Employer contribution per active participant$3,106
Average account balance$111,087
Benefits paid to participants$2,109,372
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$18.4M · 166 accts · $373K emplr
2023$17.3M · 183 accts · $352K emplr
2022$14.7M · 180 accts · $346K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$46,103
Audit (IQPA)$39,257
Total administrative$85,360
The Southwest Microwave, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$3,106
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$3,106 per active participant
2023$2,750 per active participant
2022$2,368 per active participant

Southwest Microwave, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran above 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
STANCORP FINANCIAL GROUP · Claims processing · Recordkeeping$46,101
AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC. · Accounting / audit$39,257

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024The Standard
2023The Standard

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Administrative cost history3
2024$85,360 · 0.48%
2023$81,577 · 0.51%
2022$86,820 · 0.53%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 860409425 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.