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Butler National Corporation401(k)

BUTLER NATIONAL CORPORATION 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN · NEW CENTURY, KS · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.28%

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

Butler National Corporation reported $68,685 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.28% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $6,903 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 0.25% to 0.28%. 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 211th-largest of 828 plans among Kansas employers on file, and the 4,399th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, the employer put in $1.07 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves; active participation has grown from 105 to 129 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$30,827,498
Participants with balances206
Active participants129
Employer contributions$890,461
Employee contributions$834,273
Employer contribution per active participant$6,903
Average account balance$149,648
Benefits paid to participants$2,859,285
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorJOHN J. SAMYN CPA LLC
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$30.8M · 206 accts · $890K emplr
2023$18.9M · 177 accts · $750K emplr
2022$18.8M · 142 accts · $783K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$68,685
Total administrative$68,685
The Butler National Corporation 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$6,903
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$6,903 per active participant
2023$6,818 per active participant
2022$7,459 per active participant

Butler National Corporation's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $2,416 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 · 20242
NATIONWIDE · Recordkeeping$412
TFB ADVISORS, LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$54,426

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Nationwide
2023Nationwide

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Administrative cost history3
2024$68,685 · 0.28%
2023$55,756 · 0.30%
2022$48,405 · 0.25%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 410834293 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.