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Westwood Shipping Lines, Inc.401(k)

WESTWOOD SHIPPING 401(K) PLAN · PUYALLUP, WA · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.39%

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

Westwood Shipping Lines, Inc. reported $44,272 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.39% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $7,908 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 1 year on file its reported administrative ratio rose from 0.39% to 0.47%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 26,779 comparable plans and shown alongside other transportation & warehousing employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Washington (944th of 1,714), and the 1,001st of 2,677 in transportation & warehousing. In 2023, employees put in $1.17 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$12,642,319
Participants with balances162
Active participants100
Employer contributions$790,836
Employee contributions$922,626
Employer contribution per active participant$7,908
Average account balance$78,039
Benefits paid to participants$1,163,498
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history2
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$11.9M · 105 accts · $646K emplr
2023$12.6M · 162 accts · $791K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Investment management$44,272
Total administrative$44,272
The Westwood Shipping Lines, Inc. 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$7,908
Median for plans this size$2,440
2024$8,853 per active participant
2023$7,908 per active participant

Westwood Shipping Lines, Inc.'s 2023 employer contribution ran above the $2,440 median for plans its size, placing it in the top 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.

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
TRANSAMERICA RETIREMENT SOLUTIONS, · Recordkeeping · Loan processing$10,053
DEFINITI, LLC · Recordkeeping · Loan processing$3,650
ALERA INVESTMENT ADVISORS · Investment advisory (plan)$30,570

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Definiti, Transamerica
2023Definiti, Transamerica

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Administrative cost history2
2024$58,332 · 0.47%
2023$44,272 · 0.39%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 911132083 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.