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Brown Packing Co., Inc.401(k)

BROWN PACKING RETIREMENT PLAN · GAFFNEY, SC · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.64%

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

Brown Packing Co., Inc. reported $78,125 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.64% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,832 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 0.68% to 0.64%. 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 379th-largest of 807 plans among South Carolina employers on file, and 7,837th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $1.54 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$12,623,190
Participants with balances291
Active participants374
Employer contributions$685,167
Employee contributions$1,052,286
Employer contribution per active participant$1,832
Average account balance$43,379
Benefits paid to participants$2,044,385
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorHALLIDAY, SCHWARTZ & CO.
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$12.6M · 291 accts · $685K emplr
2023$11.7M · 234 accts · $621K emplr
2022$9.4M · 242 accts · $591K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$46,423
Investment management$31,702
Total administrative$78,125
The Brown Packing Co., Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,832
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$1,832 per active participant
2023$1,838 per active participant
2022$1,663 per active participant

Brown Packing Co., Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below 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 · 20243
ASCENSUS · Recordkeeping · Loan processing$50,729
MILESTONE INVESTMENTS · Investment advisory (participants) · Investment advisory (plan)$31,705
BLUE SKY 401(K) SPECIALISTS INC. · Contract administrator$360

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

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Administrative cost history3
2024$78,125 · 0.64%
2023$74,251 · 0.71%
2022$66,503 · 0.68%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 570289483 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.