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Starwest Botanicals, LLC401(k)

STARWEST BOTANICALS, LLC 401(K) PLAN · SACRAMENTO, CA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
1.71%

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

Starwest Botanicals, LLC reported $14,430 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 1.71% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $685 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 1.34% to 1.71%. The plan sits in the under $1M size bracket, benchmarked here against 1,109 comparable plans and shown alongside other professional & technical services employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in California (8,822nd of 9,483), and 11,240th of 11,654 in professional & technical services. In 2024, employees put in $2.78 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 141 to 170 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$1,031,768
Participants with balances178
Active participants170
Employer contributions$116,465
Employee contributions$324,068
Employer contribution per active participant$685
Average account balance$5,796
Benefits paid to participants$174,413
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$1.0M · 178 accts · $116K emplr
2023$658K · 126 accts · $97K emplr
2022$226K · 110 accts · $31K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$14,430
Total administrative$14,430
The Starwest Botanicals, LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$685
Median for plans this size$540
2024$685 per active participant
2023$767 per active participant
2022$217 per active participant

Starwest Botanicals, LLC's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $540 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 · 20244
EMPOWER ANNUITY INS CO OF AMERICA · Recordkeeping · Other services$5,223
DUNBAR, BENDER AND ZAPF, INC · Contract administrator$5,250
WELLS FARGO ADVISORS, LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$3,737
EMPOWER ADVISORY GROUP, LLC · Investment management$1,094

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Empower
2023Empower

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Administrative cost history3
2024$14,430 · 1.71%
2023$4,046 · 0.92%
2022$1,942 · 1.34%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 942755234 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.