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Frontier Airlines, Inc.401(k)

FRONTIER AIRLINES, INC. 401(K) RETIREMENT PLAN · DENVER, CO · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.29%

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

Frontier Airlines, Inc. reported $2,578,352 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.29% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $8,660 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 0.32% to 0.29%. The plan sits in the $250M–$1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 2,883 comparable plans and shown alongside other transportation & warehousing employers. By assets it is the 19th-largest of 1,461 plans among Colorado employers on file, and the 43rd of 2,677 in transportation & warehousing. In 2024, the employer put in $1.53 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves; active participation has grown from 6,236 to 7,716 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$961,923,844
Participants with balances6,133
Active participants7,716
Employer contributions$66,818,666
Employee contributions$43,778,727
Employer contribution per active participant$8,660
Average account balance$156,844
Benefits paid to participants$58,174,841
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$961.9M · 6,133 accts · $66.8M emplr
2023$793.8M · 5,686 accts · $63.1M emplr
2022$619.6M · 5,065 accts · $54.4M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$333,790
Investment management$2,227,762
Audit (IQPA)$16,800
Total administrative$2,578,352
The Frontier Airlines, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$8,660
Median for plans this size$4,294
2024$8,660 per active participant
2023$9,047 per active participant
2022$8,718 per active participant

Frontier Airlines, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran above the $4,294 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.

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 · 202412
SCHWAB RETIREMENT PLAN SERVICES,INC · Recordkeeping · Investment advisory (participants)$459,912
MOUNTAIN CAPITAL INVESTMENT AD · Investment advisory (participants)$1,725,940
MATTERN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC · Investment advisory (participants)$55,298
MORNINGSTAR INVESTMENT SERVICE · Investment advisory (participants)$52,579
PETERSON WEALTH SERVICES INC · Investment advisory (participants)$49,173
MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL MANAGE · Investment management$37,676
COOK STREET CONSULTING, INC · Investment management$36,579
PRUDENT MAN INVESTMENT MANAGEM · Investment advisory (participants)$26,761
FISHER INVESTMENTS · Investment advisory (participants)$26,757
CHARLES SCHWAB & CO., INC. · Securities brokerage$18,048
CBIZ CPAS P.C. · Accounting / audit$16,800
PARALLEL ADVISORS LLC · Investment advisory (participants)$11,090

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Charles Schwab
2023Charles Schwab

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Administrative cost history3
2024$2,578,352 · 0.29%
2023$2,116,768 · 0.30%
2022$2,048,552 · 0.32%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 841256945 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.