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Carter Express, Inc.401(k)

CARTER 401(K) PLAN · ANDERSON, IN · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.12%

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

Carter Express, Inc. reported $30,261 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.12% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $652 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 0.11% to 0.12%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other transportation & warehousing employers. By assets it is the 457th-largest of 1,562 plans among Indiana employers on file, and the 595th of 2,677 in transportation & warehousing. In 2024, employees put in $2.31 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 1,640 to 2,052 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$27,646,931
Participants with balances1,166
Active participants2,052
Employer contributions$1,338,522
Employee contributions$3,091,683
Employer contribution per active participant$652
Average account balance$23,711
Benefits paid to participants$2,831,780
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$27.6M · 1,166 accts · $1.3M emplr
2023$23.5M · 1,195 accts · $1.3M emplr
2022$19.5M · 1,195 accts · $1.1M emplr
The Carter Express, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$652
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$652 per active participant
2023$714 per active participant
2022$676 per active participant

Carter Express, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 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.

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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
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER AND S · Recordkeeping$30,261

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Bank of America / Merrill
2023Bank of America / Merrill

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Administrative cost history3
2024$30,261 · 0.12%
2023$32,388 · 0.15%
2022$23,013 · 0.11%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 350962735 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.