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Western Products, Inc.401(k)

WESTERN PRODUCTS, INC. 401(K) PLAN · FARGO, ND · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.44%

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

Western Products, Inc. reported $54,496 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.44% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $804 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 0.42% to 0.44%. 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 among the smaller plans on file in North Dakota (150th of 279), and 7,585th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $5.49 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 135 to 197 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$13,399,220
Participants with balances217
Active participants197
Employer contributions$158,462
Employee contributions$870,425
Employer contribution per active participant$804
Average account balance$61,748
Benefits paid to participants$948,285
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorWIDMER ROEL, PC
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$13.4M · 217 accts · $158K emplr
2023$11.5M · 155 accts · $142K emplr
2022$9.4M · 150 accts · $132K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$54,496
Total administrative$54,496
The Western Products, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$804
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$804 per active participant
2023$828 per active participant
2022$975 per active participant

Western Products, Inc.'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 · 20241
BELL BANK · Recordkeeping · Trustee$51,366

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024BELL BANK
2023BELL BANK

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Administrative cost history3
2024$54,496 · 0.44%
2023$45,488 · 0.44%
2022$46,045 · 0.42%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 450438998 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.