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Franklin Logging Inc401(k)

RALPH FRANKLIN & SON LOGGING 401K PROFIT SHARING PLAN · REDDING, CA · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.62%

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

Franklin Logging Inc reported $25,057 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.62% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $2,200 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 0.51% to 0.45%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 22,307 comparable plans and shown alongside other agriculture, forestry & fishing employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in California (7,328th of 9,483), and 678th of 945 in agriculture, forestry & fishing. In 2023, the employer put in $1.69 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$4,166,106
Participants with balances111
Active participants78
Employer contributions$171,615
Employee contributions$101,310
Employer contribution per active participant$2,200
Average account balance$37,532
Benefits paid to participants$594,486
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$3.4M · 98 accts · $161K emplr
2023$4.2M · 111 accts · $172K emplr
2022$3.9M · 115 accts · $190K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Investment management$25,057
Total administrative$25,057
The Franklin Logging Inc 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$2,200
Median for plans this size$1,308
2024$1,991 per active participant
2023$2,200 per active participant
2022$2,532 per active participant

Franklin Logging Inc's 2023 employer contribution ran above the $1,308 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 2023 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Administrative cost history3
2024$17,212 · 0.45%
2023$25,057 · 0.62%
2022$20,554 · 0.51%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 952511412 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.