401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Ws Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$4M
Total assets Small plan by assets
5
Participants Small participant base
41st
Percentile by assets National rank
$854,946
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Ws Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan · Sponsored by Ws Associates, Inc. · Massachusetts · Professional & Technical Services

$4M in assets, 5 participants

Ws Associates, Inc.'s Ws Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan reported $4M in total assets and 5 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 41st percentile by assets among filed plans. Figures are as reported by the plan sponsor to the Department of Labor, not audited or endorsed by PlainRetire.

  • #7,914 in Professional & Technical Services (20,321 peers)

Ws Associates, Inc. multi-year trail

Ws Associates, Inc.'s plans moved +21.9% in assets from 2022 to 2023; this filing shows Ws Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan at $4M / 5 participants.

#7,914
in Professional & Technical Services (20,321 peers)
+21.9%
assets growth YoY

Ws Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan's mid-pack asset rank among Professional & Technical Services and all filers

Ws Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500

$4,274,731 41st percentile higher than 41% of 127,068 filed plans

This plan $0 $2,050,000,000 every filed plan with reported assets, bucketed by value

Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.

Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2023

Ws Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan among micro filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Ws Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan is a micro filing (5 participants), the leftmost band.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Ws Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan reported net income rose from -$989K in the plan year 2022 filing to $767K in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Ws Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan end-of-year assets rose from $4M in the plan year 2022 filing to $4M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Ws Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan reported participants fell from 6 in the plan year 2022 filing to 5 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

DOL schedule card

Filing strip 042906192 · Ws Associates, Inc. PY 2023 · 401(k)

Ws Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan · $4M · 5 · 41st

  • ASSETS $4M
  • ASSETS 5
  • ASSETS 41st
  • ASSETS 401(k)
  • ASSETS near Hawkes Learning 401(k) Plan
  • ASSETS ind #7914

Stamps derive from this plan's Form 5500 line items (assets, participants, type, EIN, cohort placement) - not a quality rating of the sponsor. Read with Professional & Technical Services retirement plans → · Plans in Massachusetts →

Ws Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Ws Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Ws Associates, Inc. multi-year asset trail

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Ws Associates, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$4M 21.866542749339672% vs 2022
2023 filing year
$3M$3.5M$4M$4.5M 20222023 $3.51M $4.27M ▲ +21.7%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 6 $4M
2023 1 5 $4M

Ws Associates, Inc. filing trail (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$4M
Net Assets (End of Year)$4M
Net Income$767K
Employer EIN042906192
Plan Effective Date2003-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Massachusetts

Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

Ws Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Massachusetts, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -20000020000400006000080000 -10010203040 Total assets ($B) Participants Ws Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.004274731 · Participants: 5Ws Associates, Inc. 401(k) PlanFidelity Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 28.649852331 · Participants: 62289Fidelity Retirement Savings PlanLiberty Mutual 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 10.556596852 · Participants: 37052Liberty Mutual 401(k) PlanMassachusetts Institute of Technology Supplemental 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 6.829912863 · Participants: 14094Massachusetts Institute of Technology Supplemental 401(k) PlanBoston Scientific Corporation 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 5.786107181 · Participants: 19881Boston Scientific Corporation 401(k) Retirement Savings PlanPhilips North America 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 5.779286156 · Participants: 19120Philips North America 401(k) Plan
Ws Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Massachusetts, assets vs. participants
Compare Ws Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Ws Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Massachusetts, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Hawkes Learning 401(k) Plan in SC ($4M); by covered participants it is Unkar Systems, Inc. 401(k) Plan in CA (5 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (5 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Ws Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Ws Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan grew sharply - up 21.9% during 2023, from $4M to $4M. Reported net income was $767K.
How have Ws Associates, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 2 plan years on file (2022-2023), Ws Associates, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 21.9%, from $4M to $4M.
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to Ws Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Hawkes Learning 401(k) Plan in SC ($4M, 104 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Ws Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Unkar Systems, Inc. 401(k) Plan in CA (5 participants, $4M in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2023.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 042906192.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA). See our methodology for details.