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Spine Wave, Inc.401(k)

SPINE WAVE, INC. 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN AND TRUST · SHELTON, CT · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.16%

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

Spine Wave, Inc. reported $39,086 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.16% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $3,928 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 0.36% to 0.16%. 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 475th-largest of 1,106 plans among Connecticut employers on file, and the 4,942nd of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $3.70 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 74 to 59 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$26,337,101
Participants with balances115
Active participants59
Employer contributions$231,752
Employee contributions$856,404
Employer contribution per active participant$3,928
Average account balance$229,018
Benefits paid to participants$1,497,661
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$26.3M · 115 accts · $232K emplr
2023$23.6M · 132 accts · $263K emplr
2022$19.1M · 136 accts · $252K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$20,753
Total administrative$39,086
The Spine Wave, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$3,928
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$3,928 per active participant
2023$3,459 per active participant
2022$3,412 per active participant

Spine Wave, 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
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$20,753
MERRILLLYNCH · Investment advisory (participants)$18,333

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$39,086 · 0.16%
2023$64,025 · 0.30%
2022$77,225 · 0.36%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 330954246 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.