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Whks & Co401(k)

WHKS & CO. SAVINGS PLAN · MASON CITY, IA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.00%

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

Whks & Co reported $500 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.00% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $2,831 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 0.01% to 0.00%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other professional & technical services employers. By assets it is the 355th-largest of 878 plans among Iowa employers on file, and the 4,963rd of 11,654 in professional & technical services. In 2024, employees put in $2.88 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$23,573,876
Participants with balances150
Active participants141
Employer contributions$399,154
Employee contributions$1,151,412
Employer contribution per active participant$2,831
Average account balance$157,159
Benefits paid to participants$1,157,868
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$23.6M · 150 accts · $399K emplr
2023$20.2M · 145 accts · $375K emplr
2022$15.8M · 147 accts · $333K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$500
Total administrative$500
The Whks & Co 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,831
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$2,831 per active participant
2023$2,716 per active participant
2022$2,541 per active participant

Whks & Co's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $2,416 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 · 20242
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator$500
WILSHIRE ADVISORS LLC · Investment advisory (plan)indirect comp

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$500 · 0.00%
2023$511 · 0.00%
2022$2,208 · 0.01%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 420943938 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.