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Wellmark, Inc.401(k)

WELLMARK, INC. SAVINGS AND INVESTMENT PLAN · DES MOINES, IA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.05%

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

Wellmark, Inc. reported $211,649 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.05% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $5,536 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 0.048%. The plan sits in the $250M–$1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 2,883 comparable plans and shown alongside other finance & insurance employers. By assets it is the 20th-largest of 878 plans among Iowa employers on file, and the 326th of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2024, employees put in $2.00 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$467,942,435
Participants with balances2,305
Active participants1,930
Employer contributions$10,684,856
Employee contributions$21,356,467
Employer contribution per active participant$5,536
Average account balance$203,012
Benefits paid to participants$41,717,196
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$467.9M · 2,305 accts · $10.7M emplr
2023$410.2M · 2,310 accts · $9.4M emplr
2022$332.8M · 2,212 accts · $8.4M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$188,451
Investment management$22,023
Total administrative$211,649
The Wellmark, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$5,536
Median for plans this size$4,294
2024$5,536 per active participant
2023$4,828 per active participant
2022$4,487 per active participant

Wellmark, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran above the $4,294 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
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator · Loan processing$188,200
MERCER · Investment advisory (plan)$22,023

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$211,649 · 0.05%
2023$202,178 · 0.05%
2022$174,604 · 0.05%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 420318333 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.