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Fowler Packing Company, Inc.401(k)

FOWLER PACKING COMPANY RETIREMENT PLAN · FRESNO, CA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.09%

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

Fowler Packing Company, Inc. reported $72,251 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.09% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $3,971 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 0.10% to 0.09%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other agriculture, forestry & fishing employers. By assets it is the 1,138th-largest of 9,483 plans among California employers on file, and the 53rd of 945 in agriculture, forestry & fishing. In 2024, the employer put in $1.50 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves; active participation has grown from 824 to 1,132 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$86,617,973
Participants with balances1,322
Active participants1,132
Employer contributions$4,495,721
Employee contributions$3,000,384
Employer contribution per active participant$3,971
Average account balance$65,520
Benefits paid to participants$2,807,673
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorDEDEKIAN, GEORGE, SMALL & MARKARIAN
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$86.6M · 1,322 accts · $4.5M emplr
2023$71.1M · 1,181 accts · $3.8M emplr
2022$56.4M · 1,034 accts · $3.0M emplr
The Fowler Packing Company, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$3,971
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$3,971 per active participant
2023$5,094 per active participant
2022$3,612 per active participant

Fowler Packing Company, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran above the $3,635 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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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 · 20241
THE VANGUARD GROUP, INC. · Recordkeeping · Consulting$78,951

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Vanguard
2023Vanguard

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Administrative cost history3
2024$72,251 · 0.09%
2023$71,735 · 0.11%
2022$58,025 · 0.10%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 941742287 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.