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Fairbanks Scales Inc.401(k)

FAIRBANKS SCALES INC. SAVINGS PLAN · OVERLAND PARK, KS · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.22%

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

Fairbanks Scales Inc. reported $84,383 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.22% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $2,131 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 0.18% to 0.20%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 26,779 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 156th-largest of 828 plans among Kansas employers on file, and the 3,566th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2023, employees put in $2.94 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$41,945,182
Participants with balances558
Active participants476
Employer contributions$1,014,125
Employee contributions$2,979,529
Employer contribution per active participant$2,131
Average account balance$75,171
Benefits paid to participants$4,010,029
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$40.3M · 527 accts · $892K emplr
2023$41.9M · 558 accts · $1.0M emplr
2022$35.7M · 538 accts · $753K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Recordkeeping & contract admin$84,383
Total administrative$84,383
The Fairbanks Scales Inc. 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$2,131
Median for plans this size$2,440
2024$1,846 per active participant
2023$2,131 per active participant
2022$1,677 per active participant

Fairbanks Scales Inc.'s 2023 employer contribution ran below the $2,440 median for plans its size. 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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Service providers · 20231
JOHN HANCOCK · Recordkeeping · Loan processing$84,383

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024John Hancock
2023John Hancock

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Administrative cost history3
2024$82,061 · 0.20%
2023$84,383 · 0.22%
2022$68,513 · 0.18%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 431464165 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.