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Whelen Engineering Company, Inc401(k)

WHELEN ENGINEERING COMPANY, INC. 401(K) PLAN · CHESTER, CT · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.01%

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

Whelen Engineering Company, Inc reported $21,562 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.01% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $2,363 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 0.009% to 0.013%. 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 111th-largest of 1,106 plans among Connecticut employers on file, and the 1,219th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $1.93 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 1,412 to 1,836 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$186,086,438
Participants with balances1,966
Active participants1,836
Employer contributions$4,337,574
Employee contributions$8,372,861
Employer contribution per active participant$2,363
Average account balance$94,652
Benefits paid to participants$7,422,769
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorWOLLACKLEWITZ
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$186.1M · 1,966 accts · $4.3M emplr
2023$158.2M · 1,704 accts · $3.7M emplr
2022$131.7M · 1,615 accts · $3.0M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$21,562
Total administrative$21,562
The Whelen Engineering Company, Inc 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,363
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$2,363 per active participant
2023$2,405 per active participant
2022$2,148 per active participant

Whelen Engineering Company, Inc's 2024 employer contribution ran below 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.

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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
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$21,562

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$21,562 · 0.01%
2023$15,873 · 0.01%
2022$13,129 · 0.01%
All plans at this employer2
WHELEN ENGINEERING COMPANY, INC. PROFIT SHARING PLANProfit-sharing plan
WHELEN ENGINEERING COMPANY, INC. 401(K) PLAN401(k)
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 060725110 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.