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Universal Packaging Systems, Inc. D/B/A Paklab401(k)

PAKLAB 401(K) RETIREMENT PLAN · CHINO, CA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.78%

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

Universal Packaging Systems, Inc. D/B/A Paklab reported $79,250 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.78% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $291 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 0.67% to 0.78%. 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 California (5,246th of 9,483), and 8,455th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $10.99 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 225 to 194 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$10,775,063
Participants with balances435
Active participants194
Employer contributions$56,375
Employee contributions$619,636
Employer contribution per active participant$291
Average account balance$24,770
Benefits paid to participants$662,074
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorPORTER & HUNT, LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$10.8M · 435 accts · $56K emplr
2023$9.6M · 439 accts · $52K emplr
2022$8.2M · 438 accts · $53K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$57,446
Investment management$21,804
Total administrative$79,250
The Universal Packaging Systems, Inc. D/B/A Paklab 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$291
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$291 per active participant
2023$278 per active participant
2022$236 per active participant

Universal Packaging Systems, Inc. D/B/A Paklab's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 median for plans its size, in the bottom 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.

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 · 20243
TRANSAMERICA FINANCIAL LIFE INSURAN · Recordkeeping · Loan processing$38,008
FUTUREPLAN BY ASCENSUS · Recordkeeping · Loan processing$6,570
MERRILL LYNCH LIFE AGENCY, INC. · Investment advisory (plan)$21,804

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Ascensus, Transamerica
2023Ascensus, Transamerica

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Administrative cost history3
2024$79,250 · 0.78%
2023$57,872 · 0.65%
2022$61,600 · 0.67%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 954109799 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.