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Ws Asset Management, Inc.401(k)

WS ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC. 401(K) AND PROFIT SHARING PLAN · CHESTNUT HILL, MA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.27%

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

Ws Asset Management, Inc. reported $132,568 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.27% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $3,655 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 0.25% to 0.27%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other real estate & leasing employers. By assets it is the 665th-largest of 2,726 plans among Massachusetts employers on file, and the 265th of 2,096 in real estate & leasing. In 2024, employees put in $3.07 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$54,398,865
Participants with balances489
Active participants371
Employer contributions$1,355,824
Employee contributions$4,162,470
Employer contribution per active participant$3,655
Average account balance$111,245
Benefits paid to participants$3,767,727
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$54.4M · 489 accts · $1.4M emplr
2023$44.6M · 468 accts · $1.1M emplr
2022$34.2M · 439 accts · $1.0M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$8,519
Investment management$124,049
Total administrative$132,568
The Ws Asset Management, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$3,655
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$3,655 per active participant
2023$3,070 per active participant
2022$3,007 per active participant

Ws Asset Management, Inc.'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
SENTINEL BENEFITS GROUP, LLC · Recordkeeping$8,519
THE KELLIHER CORBETT GROUP · Investment advisory (plan)$124,049

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$132,568 · 0.27%
2023$50,898 · 0.13%
2022$89,962 · 0.25%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 042745768 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.