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Wheatland Tube, LLC401(k)

ZEKELMAN INDUSTRIES EMPLOYEES 401(K) AND PENSION PLAN · CHICAGO, IL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.06%

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

Wheatland Tube, LLC reported $127,983 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.06% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $4,925 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 fell from 0.063% to 0.059%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 304th-largest of 3,702 plans among Illinois employers on file, and the 1,076th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $1.03 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 1,414 to 2,126 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$223,355,235
Participants with balances2,442
Active participants2,126
Employer contributions$10,471,370
Employee contributions$10,761,968
Employer contribution per active participant$4,925
Average account balance$91,464
Benefits paid to participants$35,859,889
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$223.4M · 2,442 accts · $10.5M emplr
2023$207.4M · 2,258 accts · $9.4M emplr
2022$169.8M · 1,804 accts · $9.4M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Investment management$16,397
Audit (IQPA)$18,400
Total administrative$127,983
The Wheatland Tube, LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$4,925
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$4,925 per active participant
2023$5,200 per active participant
2022$6,614 per active participant

Wheatland Tube, LLC's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $3,635 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 · 20248
SCHWAB RETIREMENT PLAN SERVICES · Recordkeeping · Investment advisory (participants)$14,535
HIGHLAND CONSULTING ASSOCIATES, INC · Consulting$89,929
CBIZ CPAS, P.C. · Accounting / audit$18,400
STRATEGIC ADVISORS, INC. · Investment advisory (plan)$16,397
WILLCOX & SAVAGE, PC · Legal$14,239
CHARLES SCHWAB TRUST BANK · Trustee (directed)indirect comp
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processingindirect comp

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Charles Schwab
2023Charles Schwab

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Administrative cost history3
2024$127,983 · 0.06%
2023$139,935 · 0.07%
2022$116,737 · 0.06%
All plans at this employer2
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 231327437 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.