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Tool Gauge & Machine Works, Inc.401(k)

TOOL GAUGE & MACHINE WORKS, INC. 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN · TACOMA, WA · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.54%

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

Tool Gauge & Machine Works, Inc. reported $27,669 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.54% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $1,388 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 rose from 0.60% to 0.74%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 22,307 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Washington (1,301st of 1,714), and 10,811th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2023, employees put in $1.10 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 89 to 185 since 2021.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$5,771,596
Participants with balances239
Active participants185
Employer contributions$256,786
Employee contributions$282,039
Employer contribution per active participant$1,388
Average account balance$24,149
Benefits paid to participants$336,014
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history5
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$0
2024$4.5M · 222 accts
2023$5.8M · 239 accts · $257K emplr
2022$4.5M · 188 accts · $196K emplr
2021$3.8M · 143 accts · $161K emplr
The Tool Gauge & Machine Works, Inc. 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$1,388
Median for plans this size$1,308
2023$1,388 per active participant
2022$1,282 per active participant
2021$1,814 per active participant

Tool Gauge & Machine Works, Inc.'s 2023 employer contribution ran above the $1,308 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 · 20232
LPL FINANCIAL · Investment advisory (plan)$16,629

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

Administrative cost history5
2025Not separately reported
2024$38,039 · 0.74%
2023$27,669 · 0.54%
2022$23,851 · 0.58%
2021$24,113 · 0.60%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 910817261 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.