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Watson Engineering Incorporated401(k)

WATSON ENGINEERING INCORPORATED 401K PLAN · TAYLOR, MI · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.42%

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

Watson Engineering Incorporated reported $68,477 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.42% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $694 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 0.36% to 0.42%. 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 1,159th-largest of 2,619 plans among Michigan employers on file, and the 6,577th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $5.68 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$16,987,426
Participants with balances223
Active participants222
Employer contributions$153,972
Employee contributions$874,660
Employer contribution per active participant$694
Average account balance$76,177
Benefits paid to participants$1,768,970
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorDERDERIAN, KANN, SEYFERTH & SALUCCI
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$17.0M · 223 accts · $154K emplr
2023$15.9M · 233 accts · $104K emplr
2022$12.5M · 226 accts · $96K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$68,477
Total administrative$68,477
The Watson Engineering Incorporated 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$694
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$694 per active participant
2023$456 per active participant
2022$443 per active participant

Watson Engineering Incorporated's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 median for plans its size, in the bottom 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.

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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
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator$68,477
PRINCIPAL SECURITIES INC · Investment advisory (plan)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$68,477 · 0.42%
2023$58,273 · 0.41%
2022$42,004 · 0.36%
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Mapal Inc. MI$17.0M · 0.25%
Tribus Aerospace Corp. MI$16.9M · 0.46%
Sumida America Inc. MI$16.8M · 0.65%
Rjg Technologies, Inc. MI$16.8M · 0.35%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 382547616 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.