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Freightcar America, Inc.401(k)

FREIGHTCAR AMERICA, INC. SAVINGS PLAN · CHICAGO, IL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.20%

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

Freightcar America, Inc. reported $43,882 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.20% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $5,957 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 0.30% to 0.20%. 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 1,600th-largest of 3,702 plans among Illinois employers on file, and the 5,493rd of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $2.07 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 54 to 63 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$22,487,732
Participants with balances308
Active participants63
Employer contributions$375,285
Employee contributions$778,037
Employer contribution per active participant$5,957
Average account balance$73,012
Benefits paid to participants$2,487,175
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorRSM US LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$22.5M · 308 accts · $375K emplr
2023$21.0M · 345 accts · $301K emplr
2022$20.5M · 363 accts · $274K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$3,426
Investment management$40,456
Total administrative$43,882
The Freightcar America, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$5,957
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$5,957 per active participant
2023$5,098 per active participant
2022$5,080 per active participant

Freightcar America, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran above the $2,416 median for plans its size, placing it in the top 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.

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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 · 20243
GALLAGHER BENEFIT SERVICES INC · Investment management$39,525
CHARLES SCHWAB TRUST BANK · Trustee (directed)indirect 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$43,882 · 0.20%
2023$29,641 · 0.14%
2022$70,778 · 0.30%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 251837219 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.