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Design Electric, Inc.401(k)

DESIGN ELECTRIC, INC. 401(K) RETIREMENT PLAN · ST. CLOUD, MN · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.48%

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

Design Electric, Inc. reported $107,815 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.48% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $4,289 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 0.41% to 0.48%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other construction employers. By assets it is the 819th-largest of 1,918 plans among Minnesota employers on file, and the 1,822nd of 5,337 in construction. In 2024, employees put in $1.50 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 122 to 139 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$23,180,658
Participants with balances187
Active participants139
Employer contributions$596,133
Employee contributions$896,459
Employer contribution per active participant$4,289
Average account balance$123,961
Benefits paid to participants$3,547,743
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorWESTBERG EISCHENS, PLLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$23.2M · 187 accts · $596K emplr
2023$21.4M · 175 accts · $589K emplr
2022$19.1M · 161 accts · $532K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$24,998
Investment management$60,295
Total administrative$107,815
The Design Electric, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$4,289
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$4,289 per active participant
2023$4,428 per active participant
2022$4,360 per active participant

Design Electric, 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
CREATIVE PLANNING HOLDCO LLC DBA CR · Investment advisory (plan)$55,975
DESIGN ELECTRIC INC$22,522
EMPOWER ADVISORY GROUP, LLC · Investment management$4,320

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$107,815 · 0.48%
2023$75,937 · 0.38%
2022$81,263 · 0.41%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 411223438 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.