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Thorlabs, Inc.401(k)

THORLABS, INC 401(K) RETIREMENT PLAN · NEWTON, NJ · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.14%

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

Thorlabs, Inc. reported $196,148 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.14% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $2,318 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 0.17% to 0.14%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 273rd-largest of 2,419 plans among New Jersey employers on file, and the 1,414th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $2.63 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 1,305 to 1,734 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$149,863,354
Participants with balances2,066
Active participants1,734
Employer contributions$4,018,862
Employee contributions$10,575,525
Employer contribution per active participant$2,318
Average account balance$72,538
Benefits paid to participants$7,962,351
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$149.9M · 2,066 accts · $4.0M emplr
2023$123.3M · 1,927 accts · $3.6M emplr
2022$95.5M · 1,648 accts · $3.0M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$146,148
Investment management$50,000
Total administrative$196,148
The Thorlabs, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,318
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$2,318 per active participant
2023$2,251 per active participant
2022$2,330 per active participant

Thorlabs, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $3,635 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.

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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
ASCENSUS LLC · Loan processing · Recordkeeping$146,148
TRUSTMONT ADVISORY GROUP · Investment advisory (plan)$50,000

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

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Administrative cost history3
2024$196,148 · 0.14%
2023$170,876 · 0.16%
2022$173,158 · 0.17%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 222873153 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.