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Butler Machinery Company401(k)

BUTLER MACHINERY COMPANY RETIREMENT PLAN · FARGO, ND · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.05%

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

Butler Machinery Company reported $104,351 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.05% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $8,780 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 rose from 0.04% to 0.05%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other wholesale trade employers. By assets it is the 18th-largest of 279 plans among North Dakota employers on file, and the 208th of 4,246 in wholesale trade. In 2024, the employer put in $1.43 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves; active participation has grown from 832 to 954 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$231,437,673
Participants with balances1,223
Active participants954
Employer contributions$8,375,858
Employee contributions$5,859,948
Employer contribution per active participant$8,780
Average account balance$189,238
Benefits paid to participants$24,496,478
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$231.4M · 1,223 accts · $8.4M emplr
2023$214.9M · 1,180 accts · $7.5M emplr
2022$186.6M · 1,102 accts · $7.0M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$75,138
Investment management$16,250
Audit (IQPA)$11,000
Total administrative$104,351
The Butler Machinery Company 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$8,780
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$8,780 per active participant
2023$8,333 per active participant
2022$8,394 per active participant

Butler Machinery Company's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $3,635 median for plans its size, placing it in the top 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
T ROWE PRICE RPS INC · Recordkeeping · Trustee$75,138
BELL BANK WEALTH MANAGEMENT · Investment advisory (plan)$16,250
BRADY, MARTZ & ASSOCIATES, P.C. · Accounting / audit$11,000

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024T. Rowe Price
2023T. Rowe Price

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Administrative cost history3
2024$104,351 · 0.05%
2023$91,982 · 0.05%
2022$76,240 · 0.04%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 450113700 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.