The Whalen Company401(k)
THE WHALEN COMPANY 401(K) PLAN · EASTON, MD · plan year 2024
Peer grade: B+ · admin costs + employer contributions vs same-size plans · how grading works
The Whalen Company reported $42,295 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.39% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $5,457 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 has held roughly steady near 0.39%. 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 among the smaller plans on file in Maryland (915th of 1,671), and 8,127th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, the employer put in $1.70 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves.
The Whalen Company's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $2,416 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.
Annual cost at the plan's reported 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.
Compensation shown is direct payments from plan assets reported on Schedule C. Providers paid through fund revenue-sharing appear as indirect.
Looking for an account from a past job here? How to find an old 401(k).
Why are you looking at this plan?
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 520784012 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.