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Vode Lighting, LLC401(k)

VODE LIGHTING 401(K) PLAN · SONOMA, CA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.60%

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

Vode Lighting, LLC reported $38,474 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.60% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $4,033 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 0.70% to 0.60%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in California (6,316th of 9,483), and 10,143rd of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $2.19 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$7,047,591
Participants with balances162
Active participants72
Employer contributions$290,359
Employee contributions$637,011
Employer contribution per active participant$4,033
Average account balance$43,504
Benefits paid to participants$833,035
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$7.0M · 162 accts · $290K emplr
2023$5.7M · 153 accts · $375K emplr
2022$4.5M · 144 accts · $282K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$2,837
Investment management$35,637
Total administrative$38,474
The Vode Lighting, LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$4,033
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$4,033 per active participant
2023$4,690 per active participant
2022$3,659 per active participant

Vode Lighting, LLC's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $1,313 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.

Service providers · 20243
MORGAN STANLEY SMITH BARNEY · Recordkeeping · Trustee$35,637
ADP, INC. · Loan processing · Recordkeeping$2,836
ADP BROKER-DEALERindirect comp

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024ADP, Morgan Stanley
2023ADP, Morgan Stanley

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Administrative cost history3
2024$38,474 · 0.60%
2023$36,223 · 0.71%
2022$33,089 · 0.70%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 870749641 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.