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W&L Mail Service, Inc.Profit-sharing plan

W&L MAIL SERVICE, INC. RETIREMENT PLAN · KEYSVILLE, VA · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.89%

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

W&L Mail Service, Inc. reported $17,818 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.89% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $6,162 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 2.07%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 22,307 comparable plans and shown alongside other transportation & warehousing employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Virginia (2,082nd of 2,266), and 2,106th of 2,677 in transportation & warehousing. active participation has shrunk from 194 to 109 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$2,011,595
Participants with balances294
Active participants109
Employer contributions$671,604
Employee contributions—
Employer contribution per active participant$6,162
Average account balance$6,842
Benefits paid to participants$915,885
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$1.9M · 159 accts · $254K emplr
2023$2.0M · 294 accts · $672K emplr
2022$2.0M · 296 accts · $1.2M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Investment management$17,818
Total administrative$17,818
Employer contributions to the W&L Mail Service, Inc. plan · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$6,162
Median for plans this size$1,308
2024$3,057 per active participant
2023$6,162 per active participant
2022$5,979 per active participant

W&L Mail Service, Inc.'s 2023 employer contribution ran above the $1,308 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 2023 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20232
UNITED OF OMAHA$18,788
STADION MONEY MANAGEMENT · Investment advisory (participants)$8,380

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$40,335 · 2.07%
2023$17,818 · 0.89%
2022$40,319 · 2.03%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 264077437 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.