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Fairlife, LLC401(k)

FAIRLIFE 401(K) PLAN · CHICAGO, IL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.08%

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

Fairlife, LLC reported $35,339 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.08% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $3,616 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 0.11% to 0.08%. 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 873rd-largest of 3,702 plans among Illinois employers on file, and the 3,023rd of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $1.81 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 686 to 903 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$52,982,020
Participants with balances1,121
Active participants903
Employer contributions$3,265,208
Employee contributions$5,906,831
Employer contribution per active participant$3,616
Average account balance$47,263
Benefits paid to participants$2,891,544
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorRSM US LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$53.0M · 1,121 accts · $3.3M emplr
2023$38.7M · 966 accts · $2.5M emplr
2022$27.7M · 788 accts · $2.0M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$21,160
Investment management$11,479
Total administrative$35,339
The Fairlife, LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$3,616
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$3,616 per active participant
2023$3,079 per active participant
2022$2,932 per active participant

Fairlife, LLC's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $2,416 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.

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 · 20245
VOYA RETIREMENT INSURANCE & ANNUITY · Investment advisory (participants) · Loan processing$22,638
ADMINISTRATIVE RETIREMENT SERVICES · Other services$12,700
VOYA RETIREMENT ADVISORS, LLC · Investment advisory (participants)$7,195
GLOBAL RETIREMENT PARTNERSindirect comp
MMA SECURITIES LLCindirect comp

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$35,339 · 0.08%
2023$36,330 · 0.11%
2022$30,735 · 0.11%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 800864026 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.