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Dean Transportation, Inc.401(k)

DEAN TRANSPORTATION, INC. 401(K) PLAN · LANSING, MI · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.90%

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

Dean Transportation, Inc. reported $105,887 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.90% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $240 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 0.83% to 0.90%. 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 among the smaller plans on file in Michigan (1,413th of 2,619), and the 1,042nd of 2,677 in transportation & warehousing. In 2024, employees put in $3.46 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 1,344 to 1,531 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$11,941,207
Participants with balances520
Active participants1,531
Employer contributions$367,233
Employee contributions$1,270,869
Employer contribution per active participant$240
Average account balance$22,964
Benefits paid to participants$2,621,259
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorREHMANN ROBSON
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$11.9M · 520 accts · $367K emplr
2023$11.7M · 530 accts · $357K emplr
2022$9.6M · 531 accts · $342K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$39,795
Investment management$66,092
Total administrative$105,887
The Dean Transportation, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$240
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$240 per active participant
2023$256 per active participant
2022$254 per active participant

Dean Transportation, 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.

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 · 20243
EMPOWER ADVISORY GROUP, LLC · Investment management$48,242
FIFTH THIRD BANK · Investment advisory (plan)$17,850

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$105,887 · 0.90%
2023$89,854 · 0.85%
2022$87,906 · 0.83%
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Wayne Industries, Inc. MI$12.9M · 0.35%
Kc Transportation, Inc. MI$12.4M · 0.47%
Logistics Insight Corp. MI$12.4M · 0.12%
Universal Dedicated, Inc. MI$12.2M · 0.10%
Sprinter Services, Inc. MI$11.5M · 0.42%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 382502021 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.