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The Walman Optical Company401(k)

THE WALMAN OPTICAL COMPANY 401(K) PLAN · MINNEAPOLIS, MN · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.25%

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

The Walman Optical Company reported $250,061 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.25% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $2,755 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 0.04% to 0.50%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 9,317 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 269th-largest of 1,918 plans among Minnesota employers on file, and the 1,842nd of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2023, employees put in $1.27 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$105,185,064
Participants with balances1,759
Active participants1,208
Employer contributions$3,327,901
Employee contributions$4,210,968
Employer contribution per active participant$2,755
Average account balance$59,798
Benefits paid to participants$15,039,790
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$0
2024$1.7M · 214 accts · $2.1M emplr
2023$105.2M · 1,759 accts · $3.3M emplr
2022$97.3M · 1,574 accts · $382K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Recordkeeping & contract admin$156,635
Investment management$65,000
Trustee / custodial$28,426
Total administrative$250,061
The The Walman Optical Company 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$2,755
Median for plans this size$3,659
2024$9,846 per active participant
2023$2,755 per active participant
2022$346 per active participant

The Walman Optical Company's 2023 employer contribution ran below the $3,659 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 2023 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20235
MILLIMAN, INC. · Recordkeeping · Pension consulting$156,635
ALERUS FINANCIAL · Investment advisory (plan)$52,000
CHARLES SCHWAB TRUST BANK · Trustee (directed) · Custodial (securities)$28,426
ADVANCED CAPITAL GROUP, INC. · Investment advisory (plan)$13,000
CHARLES SCHWAB & CO., INC. · Custodial (securities)$176

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Milliman
2023Milliman

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Administrative cost history4
2025Not separately reported
2024$266,907 · 0.50%
2023$250,061 · 0.25%
2022$37,358 · 0.04%
All plans at this employer2
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 410598170 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.