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Windy City Wire, Cable and Technology Products, LLC401(k)

WINDY CITY WIRE 401(K) PLAN · BOLINGBROOK, IL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.44%

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

Windy City Wire, Cable and Technology Products, LLC reported $118,097 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.44% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $2,347 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 0.14% to 0.44%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other wholesale trade employers. By assets it is the 1,345th-largest of 3,702 plans among Illinois employers on file, and the 1,397th of 4,246 in wholesale trade. In 2024, employees put in $2.11 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$28,969,856
Participants with balances303
Active participants319
Employer contributions$748,572
Employee contributions$1,580,090
Employer contribution per active participant$2,347
Average account balance$95,610
Benefits paid to participants$462,894
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorHANSEN, PLAHM & COMPANY
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$29.0M · 303 accts · $749K emplr
2023$24.5M · 286 accts · $636K emplr
2022$20.6M · 293 accts · $545K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$5,000
Audit (IQPA)$113,097
Total administrative$118,097
The Windy City Wire, Cable and Technology Products, LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,347
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$2,347 per active participant
2023$2,165 per active participant
2022$1,866 per active participant

Windy City Wire, Cable and Technology Products, LLC's 2024 employer contribution ran below 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
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER AND S · Recordkeeping$113,097
HANSEN, PLAHM & COMPANY · Accounting / audit$5,000

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Bank of America / Merrill
2023Bank of America / Merrill

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Administrative cost history3
2024$118,097 · 0.44%
2023$117,608 · 0.52%
2022$29,553 · 0.14%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 204200970 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.