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Watkins, Ward & Stafford, PLLC401(k)

WATKINS, WARD & STAFFORD, PLLC 401(K) SALARY SAVINGS PLAN · WEST POINT, MS · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.47%

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

Watkins, Ward & Stafford, PLLC reported $110,285 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.47% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $3,023 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 0.50% to 0.47%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other professional & technical services employers. By assets it is the 83rd-largest of 367 plans among Mississippi employers on file, and the 4,762nd of 11,654 in professional & technical services. In 2024, employees put in $2.09 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 116 to 133 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$24,972,670
Participants with balances159
Active participants133
Employer contributions$402,098
Employee contributions$840,499
Employer contribution per active participant$3,023
Average account balance$157,061
Benefits paid to participants$885,653
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorNAIL MCKINNEY, PA
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$25.0M · 159 accts · $402K emplr
2023$21.8M · 140 accts · $367K emplr
2022$18.1M · 139 accts · $317K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Trustee / custodial$110,285
Total administrative$110,285
The Watkins, Ward & Stafford, PLLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$3,023
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$3,023 per active participant
2023$3,107 per active participant
2022$2,729 per active participant

Watkins, Ward & Stafford, PLLC'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 · 20242
EPIC RETIREMENT PLAN SERVICES · Recordkeeping · Participant communication$2,284
RENASANT BANK · Trustee · Investment advisory (plan)$106,672

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024EPIC RPS
2023EPIC RPS

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Administrative cost history3
2024$110,285 · 0.47%
2023$95,957 · 0.48%
2022$97,890 · 0.50%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 640394922 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.