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Wildfire Defense Systems401(k)

WILDFIRE DEFENSE SYSTEMS 401(K) PLAN · BOZEMAN, MT · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.57%

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

Wildfire Defense Systems reported $30,676 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.57% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $2,648 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 0.09% to 0.57%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other professional & technical services employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Montana (157th of 229), and 9,269th of 11,654 in professional & technical services. In 2024, employees put in $1.40 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 309 to 271 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$6,314,894
Participants with balances334
Active participants271
Employer contributions$717,632
Employee contributions$1,002,368
Employer contribution per active participant$2,648
Average account balance$18,907
Benefits paid to participants$693,234
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorJCCS, P.C.
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$6.3M · 334 accts · $718K emplr
2023$4.5M · 517 accts · $708K emplr
2022$2.6M · 447 accts · $550K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$30,676
Total administrative$30,676
The Wildfire Defense Systems 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,648
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$2,648 per active participant
2023$2,321 per active participant
2022$1,779 per active participant

Wildfire Defense Systems's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $1,313 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 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20241
CAPITAL GROUP · Recordkeeping$30,676

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$30,676 · 0.57%
2023$5,445 · 0.15%
2022$2,105 · 0.09%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 261370864 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.