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Briggs Medical Service Company401(k)

BRIGGS MEDICAL SERVICE COMPANY 401(K) SAVINGS PLAN · CLIVE, IA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.21%

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

Briggs Medical Service Company reported $38,160 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.21% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $340 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 fell from 0.49% to 0.21%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 421st-largest of 878 plans among Iowa employers on file, and the 6,209th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $3.02 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$18,578,292
Participants with balances197
Active participants458
Employer contributions$155,897
Employee contributions$471,401
Employer contribution per active participant$340
Average account balance$94,306
Benefits paid to participants$2,710,787
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorRSM US LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$18.6M · 197 accts · $156K emplr
2023$18.5M · 215 accts · $166K emplr
2022$16.7M · 223 accts · $144K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$8,229
Investment management$29,931
Total administrative$38,160
The Briggs Medical Service Company 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$340
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$340 per active participant
2023$371 per active participant
2022$293 per active participant

Briggs Medical Service Company's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 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.

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 · 20243
GLOBAL RETIREMENT PARTNERS LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$22,411
WELLTH ADVISORY SERVICES LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$7,520

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$38,160 · 0.21%
2023$84,011 · 0.48%
2022$92,508 · 0.49%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 363243123 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.