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Wirthwein New Bern Corporation401(k)

WIRTHWEIN US 401(K) PLAN · NEW BERN, NC · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.57%

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

Wirthwein New Bern Corporation reported $12,582 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.57% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $557 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 has held roughly steady near 0.572%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 22,307 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in North Carolina (1,735th of 2,005), and 12,623rd of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2023, employees put in $3.00 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$2,392,470
Participants with balances155
Active participants164
Employer contributions$91,312
Employee contributions$274,080
Employer contribution per active participant$557
Average account balance$15,435
Benefits paid to participants$312,194
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorLANGFORD DE KOCK LLP
Plan history2
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2023$2.4M · 155 accts · $91K emplr
2022$2.0M · 104 accts · $140K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Recordkeeping & contract admin$12,029
Investment management$553
Total administrative$12,582
The Wirthwein New Bern Corporation 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$557
Median for plans this size$1,308
2023$557 per active participant
2022$1,214 per active participant

Wirthwein New Bern Corporation's 2023 employer contribution ran below the $1,308 median for plans its size, in the bottom 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.

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Annual cost at the plan's reported 2023 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20231
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$12,029

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

Administrative cost history2
2023$12,582 · 0.57%
2022$13,559 · 0.57%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 412071687 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.