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Watchfire Signs LLC401(k)

WATCHFIRE SIGNS NON-UNION 401(K) PLAN · DANVILLE, IL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.08%

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

Watchfire Signs LLC reported $31,928 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.08% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $3,211 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 0.07% to 0.08%. 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 1,001st-largest of 3,702 plans among Illinois employers on file, and the 3,427th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $2.27 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 286 to 343 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$44,316,914
Participants with balances394
Active participants343
Employer contributions$1,101,532
Employee contributions$2,505,932
Employer contribution per active participant$3,211
Average account balance$112,479
Benefits paid to participants$2,934,817
Plan auditQualified audit opinion
AuditorCROWE LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$44.3M · 394 accts · $1.1M emplr
2023$38.8M · 402 accts · $1.0M emplr
2022$26.1M · 322 accts · $872K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$31,928
Total administrative$31,928
The Watchfire Signs LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$3,211
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$3,211 per active participant
2023$2,810 per active participant
2022$3,049 per active participant

Watchfire Signs LLC's 2024 employer contribution ran above 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 · 20243
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator · Loan processing$31,927
RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES, INC. · Investment advisory (plan)indirect comp
MORNINGSTAR INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT L · Investment advisory (participants)indirect 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$31,928 · 0.08%
2023$23,846 · 0.07%
2022$19,844 · 0.07%
All plans at this employer2
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 370925634 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.