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Valmark Financial Group, LLC401(k)

VALMARK FINANCIAL GROUP, LLC SALARY SAVINGS PLAN · AKRON, OH · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.00%

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

Valmark Financial Group, LLC reported $906 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.00% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $6,292 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 0.004%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other finance & insurance employers. By assets it is the 1,018th-largest of 3,295 plans among Ohio employers on file, and 2,486th of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2024, employees put in $1.64 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$28,530,394
Participants with balances166
Active participants135
Employer contributions$849,473
Employee contributions$1,394,740
Employer contribution per active participant$6,292
Average account balance$171,870
Benefits paid to participants$1,081,057
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$28.5M · 166 accts · $849K emplr
2023$23.2M · 175 accts · $788K emplr
2022$18.8M · 172 accts · $722K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$906
Total administrative$906
The Valmark Financial Group, LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$6,292
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$6,292 per active participant
2023$5,752 per active participant
2022$5,515 per active participant

Valmark Financial Group, LLC'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.

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.

Administrative cost history3
2024$906 · 0.00%
2023$800 · 0.00%
2022$656 · 0.00%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 341924302 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.