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Clearfield, Inc.401(k)

CLEARFIELD, INC. 401(K) PLAN & TRUST · BROOKLYN PARK, MN · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.20%

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

Clearfield, Inc. reported $84,750 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.20% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $4,462 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 0.23% to 0.20%. 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 542nd-largest of 1,918 plans among Minnesota employers on file, and the 3,429th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $2.14 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 288 to 251 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$44,278,524
Participants with balances293
Active participants251
Employer contributions$1,120,011
Employee contributions$2,394,991
Employer contribution per active participant$4,462
Average account balance$151,121
Benefits paid to participants$5,202,665
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$44.3M · 293 accts · $1.1M emplr
2023$40.8M · 292 accts · $1.1M emplr
2022$33.2M · 297 accts · $1.2M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$34,058
Investment management$49,692
Total administrative$84,750
The Clearfield, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$4,462
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$4,462 per active participant
2023$4,120 per active participant
2022$4,074 per active participant

Clearfield, Inc.'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 · 20244
GLOBAL RETIREMENT PARTNERS LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$43,241
EMPOWER ADVISORY GROUP, LLC · Investment management$6,451
CLEARFIELD INC$1,000

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$84,750 · 0.20%
2023$91,669 · 0.25%
2022$80,688 · 0.23%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 411347235 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.