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Southwest Tennessee Emc401(k)

SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE EMC 401K PLAN · BROWNSVILLE, TN · plan year 2025

Reported admin expense ratio · 2025
0.55%

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

Southwest Tennessee Emc reported $83,685 in plan administrative expenses for 2025: 0.55% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $5,864 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 rose from 0.41% to 0.55%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 1,620 comparable plans and shown alongside other utilities employers. By assets it is the 629th-largest of 1,496 plans among Tennessee employers on file, and 281st of 412 in utilities. In 2025, the employer put in $1.10 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$16,457,612
Participants with balances190
Active participants142
Employer contributions$832,649
Employee contributions$756,485
Employer contribution per active participant$5,864
Average account balance$86,619
Benefits paid to participants$1,729,114
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorATA, PC
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$16.5M · 190 accts · $833K emplr
2024$14.0M · 180 accts · $749K emplr
2023$11.7M · 186 accts · $733K emplr
2022$9.2M · 178 accts · $587K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2025
Recordkeeping & contract admin$83,685
Total administrative$83,685
The Southwest Tennessee Emc 401(k) match · 2025
Employer contribution per active participant$5,864
Median for plans this size$2,666
2025$5,864 per active participant
2024$5,241 per active participant
2023$5,056 per active participant
2022$4,222 per active participant

Southwest Tennessee Emc's 2025 employer contribution ran above the $2,666 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.

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Annual cost at the plan's reported 2025 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20251
ALEXANDER, THOMPSON, ARNOLD PLLCindirect comp

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

Administrative cost history4
2025$83,685 · 0.55%
2024$69,834 · 0.54%
2023$55,593 · 0.53%
2022$42,266 · 0.41%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 620366645 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.