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Butterball, LLC401(k)

BUTTERBALL, LLC SALARY & HOURLY 401(K) PLAN · GARNER, NC · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.14%

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

Butterball, LLC reported $213,819 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.14% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $736 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 0.16% to 0.14%. 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 148th-largest of 2,005 plans among North Carolina employers on file, and the 1,383rd of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $1.75 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 5,509 to 7,109 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$155,614,493
Participants with balances2,570
Active participants7,109
Employer contributions$5,233,573
Employee contributions$9,160,831
Employer contribution per active participant$736
Average account balance$60,550
Benefits paid to participants$19,508,619
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorUHY, LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$155.6M · 2,570 accts · $5.2M emplr
2023$140.4M · 2,561 accts · $4.8M emplr
2022$121.9M · 2,354 accts · $4.3M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$213,819
Total administrative$213,819
The Butterball, LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$736
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$736 per active participant
2023$953 per active participant
2022$785 per active participant

Butterball, LLC's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $3,635 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 · 20241
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$213,819

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$213,819 · 0.14%
2023$177,773 · 0.14%
2022$210,614 · 0.16%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 561458630 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.