Plan Ledger DOL Form 5500 · updated monthly

Fairfield Chair Company401(k)

FAIRFIELD CHAIR 401(K) PLAN · LENOIR, NC · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.62%

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

Fairfield Chair Company reported $77,316 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.62% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,149 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 3 years on file its reported administrative ratio has held roughly steady near 0.62%. 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 967th-largest of 2,005 plans among North Carolina employers on file, and 7,756th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $2.23 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$12,901,984
Participants with balances493
Active participants413
Employer contributions$474,429
Employee contributions$1,056,237
Employer contribution per active participant$1,149
Average account balance$26,170
Benefits paid to participants$1,993,160
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$12.9M · 493 accts · $474K emplr
2023$12.1M · 502 accts · $640K emplr
2022$11.7M · 457 accts · $624K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$42,083
Investment management$35,233
Total administrative$77,316
The Fairfield Chair Company 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,149
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$1,149 per active participant
2023$1,539 per active participant
2022$1,538 per active participant

Fairfield Chair Company'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
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$42,083
KESTRA INVESTMENT SERVICES LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$28,483
STRATEGIC ADVISORS, INC. · Investment advisory (plan)$6,750

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$77,316 · 0.62%
2023$77,116 · 0.65%
2022$76,472 · 0.61%
Same employer
Similar plansManufacturing · North Carolina
Sarstedt, Inc. NC$13.2M · 0.04%
Sealy Mattress Corporation NC$13.1M · 0.22%
C.R. Onsrud, Inc. NC$12.9M · 0.31%
J.R. Cole Industries, Inc. NC$12.8M · 0.50%
Fg Group Holdings, Inc. NC$12.8M · 0.64%

Why are you looking at this plan?

Compare

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 560219070 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.