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Cherokee Freight Lines Stockton, LLC401(k)

SUGAR TRANSPORT LOCALS #431 AND #439 RETIREMENT PLAN · STOCKTON, CA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.55%

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

Cherokee Freight Lines Stockton, LLC reported $47,661 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.55% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $2,921 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 0.75% to 0.55%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other transportation & warehousing employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in California (5,823rd of 9,483), and the 1,242nd of 2,677 in transportation & warehousing. In 2024, the employer put in $2.29 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves; active participation has grown from 150 to 178 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$8,709,961
Participants with balances185
Active participants178
Employer contributions$519,997
Employee contributions$227,069
Employer contribution per active participant$2,921
Average account balance$47,081
Benefits paid to participants$1,298,859
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorSCHWARTZ, GIANNINI, LANTSBERGER & A
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$8.7M · 185 accts · $520K emplr
2023$8.6M · 187 accts · $566K emplr
2022$8.0M · 194 accts · $538K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$24,244
Total administrative$47,661
The Cherokee Freight Lines Stockton, LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,921
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$2,921 per active participant
2023$3,430 per active participant
2022$3,590 per active participant

Cherokee Freight Lines Stockton, LLC's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $1,313 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
BIDWELL CONSULTING SERVICES INC · Recordkeeping · Pension consulting$23,417
JOHN HANCOCK · Recordkeeping · Investment management$2,668

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024BIDWELL CONSULTING SERVICES INC, John Hancock
2023BIDWELL CONSULTING SERVICES INC, John Hancock

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Administrative cost history3
2024$47,661 · 0.55%
2023$33,817 · 0.41%
2022$65,025 · 0.75%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 262533907 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.