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Ware Industries, Inc.401(k)

WARE INDUSTRIES, INC. 401(K) RETIREMENT PLAN · SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.34%

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

Ware Industries, Inc. reported $73,058 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.34% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $1,413 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 0.32% to 0.34%. 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 the 997th-largest of 2,419 plans among New Jersey employers on file, and the 5,440th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $3.98 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$22,851,109
Participants with balances338
Active participants310
Employer contributions$437,890
Employee contributions$1,740,997
Employer contribution per active participant$1,413
Average account balance$67,607
Benefits paid to participants$1,384,304
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorCITRIN COOPRMAN & COMPANY, LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$22.9M · 338 accts · $438K emplr
2023$19.6M · 325 accts · $409K emplr
2022$16.2M · 323 accts · $392K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$54,577
Investment management$9,311
Total administrative$73,058
The Ware Industries, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,413
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$1,413 per active participant
2023$1,401 per active participant
2022$1,299 per active participant

Ware Industries, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 median for plans its size. 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 · 20244
EMPOWER ADVISORY GROUP, LLC · Investment management$9,311
ENVESTNET RETIREMENT SOLUTIONS, LLC$4,085
MMA SECURITIES LLCindirect comp

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$73,058 · 0.34%
2023$58,470 · 0.33%
2022$53,764 · 0.32%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 222952878 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.