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Westone Laboratories, Inc.401(k)

WESTONE LABORATORIES, INC. 401(K) AND PROFIT SHARING PLAN · COLORADO SPRINGS, CO · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.85%

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

Westone Laboratories, Inc. reported $19,479 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.85% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $789 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 0.93% to 0.98%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 22,307 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Colorado (1,229th of 1,461), and 12,573rd of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2023, employees put in $3.76 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 58 to 69 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$2,484,912
Participants with balances163
Active participants69
Employer contributions$54,446
Employee contributions$204,780
Employer contribution per active participant$789
Average account balance$15,245
Benefits paid to participants$201,379
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorSTOCKMAN, KAST AND RYAN
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$2.2M · 161 accts · $60K emplr
2023$2.5M · 163 accts · $54K emplr
2022$2.1M · 157 accts · $47K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Recordkeeping & contract admin$12,484
Investment management$6,995
Total administrative$19,479
The Westone Laboratories, Inc. 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$789
Median for plans this size$1,308
2024$1,066 per active participant
2023$789 per active participant
2022$803 per active participant

Westone Laboratories, Inc.'s 2023 employer contribution ran below the $1,308 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 2023 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20233
KESTRA ADVISORY SERVICES LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$6,365
EMPOWER ADVISORY GROUP, LLC · Investment management$630

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$23,073 · 0.98%
2023$19,479 · 0.85%
2022$21,973 · 0.93%
Similar plansManufacturing · Colorado
Advanced Assembly, LLC CO$3.0M · 1.11%
Ouray Sportswear, LLC CO$1.3M · 0.36%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 840569324 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.