401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Western States Envelope Company 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$41M
Total assets Below avg plan size
459
Participants Below avg headcount
82nd
Percentile by assets National rank
$89,268
Avg per participant Below avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Western States Employee 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan · Sponsored by Western States Envelope Company · Wisconsin · Manufacturing

$41M in assets, 459 participants

Western States Envelope Company's Western States Employee 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan reported $41M in total assets and 459 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 82nd 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.

  • #13,234 in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)

Where Western States Employee 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan sits by assets

Western States Employee 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan sits in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets, $41M for 459 participants (~$89,268/participant), up 5.0% in 2024.

#13,234
in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
+5.0%
assets growth YoY
0.4×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Western States Employee 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan's outsized position by total assets

Western States Employee 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500

$40,973,790 Top 18% higher than 82% of 123,620 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 2024

Western States Employee 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan among mid-size filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Western States Employee 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (459 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Western States Employee 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan reported net income rose from -$2M in the plan year 2023 filing to $2M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Western States Employee 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan end-of-year assets rose from $39M in the plan year 2023 filing to $41M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Western States Employee 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan reported participants rose from 451 in the plan year 2023 filing to 459 in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 390700440 · Western States Envelope Company PY 2024 · 401(k)

Western States Employee 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan · $41M · 459 · 82nd

  • ASSETS $41M
  • ASSETS 459
  • ASSETS 82nd
  • ASSETS 401(k)
  • ASSETS near Burton Flower & Garden, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan
  • ASSETS ind #13234

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 Manufacturing retirement plans → · Plans in Wisconsin →

Western States Employee 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Life University, Inc. 401(k) Savings PlanLife University, Inc. 401(k)…$41MWestern States Employee 401(k) Retirement Savings PlanWestern States Employee 401(…$41MBurton Flower & Garden, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing PlanBurton Flower & Garden, Inc.…$41MVirgin Atlantic Airways, Ltd. 401(k) Retirement Savings PlanVirgin Atlantic Airways, Ltd…$41MNextroll 401(k) Plan & Trust$41M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Western States Employee 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Scale-class filing particulars (2024)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$39M
Net Assets (End of Year)$41M
Net Income$2M
Employer EIN390700440
Plan Effective Date1985-07-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Western States Envelope Company)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Western States Envelope Company plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$41M 1.3215238381485517% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$38M$39M$40M$41M$42M 202220232024 $41.5M $41M ▼ -1.3%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 481 $42M
2023 1 451 $39M
2024 1 459 $41M

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Wisconsin

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

Western States Employee 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Wisconsin, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -20000020000400006000080000100000 -5051015 Total assets ($B) Participants Western States Employee 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.04097379 · Participants: 459Western States Employee 401(k) Retirement Savings PlanAdvocate Aurora Health 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 10.487791739 · Participants: 80015Advocate Aurora Health 401(k) PlanJohnson Controls Retirement Savings and Investment Plan, Total assets ($B): 7.188548319 · Participants: 28489Johnson Controls Retirement Savings and Investment PlanFiserv 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 5.136404794 · Participants: 26372Fiserv 401(k) Savings PlanKimberly-Clark Corporation 401(k) & Profit Sharing Plan, Total assets ($B): 4.988151 · Participants: 11661Kimberly-Clark Corporation 401(k) & Profit Sharing PlanRockwell Automation Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 3.765132976 · Participants: 9217Rockwell Automation Retirement Savings Plan
Western States Employee 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Wisconsin, assets vs. participants
Compare Western States Employee 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Western States Employee 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Wisconsin, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Burton Flower & Garden, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan in OH ($41M); by covered participants it is Servpro Industries, LLC 401(k) Plan in TN (459 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (459 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Western States Employee 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
Western States Employee 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan edged up modestly - up 5.0% during 2024, from $39M to $41M. Reported net income was $2M.
How have Western States Envelope Company plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Western States Envelope Company's sponsor-wide assets declined 1.3%, from $42M to $41M.
Where does Western States Employee 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Western States Employee 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan ranks in the 82nd percentile by end-of-year assets among 123,622 plans that reported assets for plan year 2024 (in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets).
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to Western States Employee 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Burton Flower & Garden, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan in OH ($41M, 602 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Western States Employee 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Servpro Industries, LLC 401(k) Plan in TN (459 participants, $56M in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2024.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 390700440.

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.