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Firefly Aerospace Inc.401(k)

FIREFLY AEROSPACE INC. 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN & TRUST · CEDAR PARK, TX · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.79%

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

Firefly Aerospace Inc. reported $153,104 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.79% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $3,391 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 0.50% to 0.79%. 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 1,814th-largest of 5,688 plans among Texas employers on file, and the 5,351st of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $2.13 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 441 to 665 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$23,490,716
Participants with balances651
Active participants665
Employer contributions$2,255,008
Employee contributions$4,800,759
Employer contribution per active participant$3,391
Average account balance$36,084
Benefits paid to participants$2,658,400
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorBAUER & COMPANY
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$23.5M · 651 accts · $2.3M emplr
2023$15.4M · 573 accts · $1.6M emplr
2022$8.4M · 418 accts · $1.1M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$109,725
Investment management$43,379
Total administrative$153,104
The Firefly Aerospace Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$3,391
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$3,391 per active participant
2023$2,553 per active participant
2022$2,448 per active participant

Firefly Aerospace Inc.'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 · 20243
ADP, INC. · Loan processing · Recordkeeping$105,725
CREATIVE PLANNING HOLDCO, LLC · Recordkeeping · Trustee$29,240
CREATIVE PLANNING HOLDCO, LLC · Recordkeeping · Trustee$18,138

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024ADP, CREATIVE PLANNING HOLDCO, LLC
2023ADP

This plan has changed recordkeepers within these filings. If you left Firefly Aerospace Inc. before a switch, your account may sit at the earlier firm or in a rollover IRA. Looking for an account from a past job here? How to find an old 401(k).

Administrative cost history3
2024$153,104 · 0.79%
2023$61,399 · 0.52%
2022$38,605 · 0.50%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 815194980 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.