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Buhler Inc.401(k)

BUHLER GROUP USA 401(K) PLAN · PLYMOUTH, MN · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.01%

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

Buhler Inc. reported $18,773 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.01% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $5,737 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 0.02% to 0.01%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 205th-largest of 1,918 plans among Minnesota employers on file, and the 1,439th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $1.33 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 801 to 898 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$147,024,994
Participants with balances1,091
Active participants898
Employer contributions$5,152,068
Employee contributions$6,857,231
Employer contribution per active participant$5,737
Average account balance$134,762
Benefits paid to participants$22,837,142
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorCLIFFTON LARSON ALLEN, LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$147.0M · 1,091 accts · $5.2M emplr
2023$138.3M · 1,086 accts · $4.5M emplr
2022$119.4M · 965 accts · $4.1M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$18,773
Total administrative$18,773
The Buhler Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$5,737
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$5,737 per active participant
2023$5,668 per active participant
2022$5,179 per active participant

Buhler Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran above the $3,635 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.

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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 · 20241

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$18,773 · 0.01%
2023$5,546 · 0.00%
2022$20,021 · 0.02%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 410791630 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.