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Vaagen Bros Lumber Inc401(k)

VAAGEN BROS LUMBER INC 401(K) SAVINGS PLAN AND TRUST · COLVILLE, WA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.38%

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

Vaagen Bros Lumber Inc reported $84,188 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.38% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $1,233 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 0.41% to 0.38%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other agriculture, forestry & fishing employers. By assets it is the 629th-largest of 1,714 plans among Washington employers on file, and the 212th of 945 in agriculture, forestry & fishing. In 2024, employees put in $4.53 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 302 to 224 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$22,853,602
Participants with balances272
Active participants224
Employer contributions$276,084
Employee contributions$1,251,170
Employer contribution per active participant$1,233
Average account balance$84,021
Benefits paid to participants$2,608,051
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$22.9M · 272 accts · $276K emplr
2023$21.1M · 297 accts · $302K emplr
2022$18.1M · 361 accts · $339K emplr
The Vaagen Bros Lumber Inc 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,233
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$1,233 per active participant
2023$1,189 per active participant
2022$1,121 per active participant

Vaagen Bros Lumber Inc'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
MERRIL LYNCH PIERCE FENNER & SMITH · Pension consulting · Investment advisory (plan)$53,157
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RANDALL & HURLEY, INC · Contract administrator · Other services$6,250

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

Administrative cost history3
2024$84,188 · 0.38%
2023$83,879 · 0.43%
2022$78,137 · 0.41%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 910862262 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.