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Geater Machining & Manufacturing Co., Inc.401(k)

GEATER MACHINING & MANUFACTURING CO., INC. RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN · INDEPENDENCE, IA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.40%

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

Geater Machining & Manufacturing Co., Inc. reported $64,815 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.40% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $2,820 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 0.38% to 0.40%. 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 435th-largest of 878 plans among Iowa employers on file, and the 6,377th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $1.21 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$17,863,757
Participants with balances354
Active participants294
Employer contributions$829,060
Employee contributions$1,002,555
Employer contribution per active participant$2,820
Average account balance$50,463
Benefits paid to participants$981,338
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorBGHN ASSOCIATES, PC
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$0 · $147K emplr
2024$17.9M · 354 accts · $829K emplr
2023$14.5M · 353 accts · $719K emplr
2022$11.4M · 404 accts · $564K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$29,318
Investment management$35,497
Total administrative$64,815
The Geater Machining & Manufacturing Co., Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,820
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$2,820 per active participant
2023$2,382 per active participant
2022$1,994 per active participant

Geater Machining & Manufacturing Co., 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 · 20244
EPIC RETIREMENT PLAN SERVICES · Recordkeeping · Loan processing$29,318
THE ACCEL GROUP · Investment advisory (plan)$35,497
CHARLES SCHWAB TRUST BANK · Custodial (securities)indirect comp

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

Recordkeeper by year3
2025EPIC RPS
2024EPIC RPS
2023EPIC RPS

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Administrative cost history4
2025Not separately reported
2024$64,815 · 0.40%
2023$55,699 · 0.43%
2022$50,370 · 0.38%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 420885471 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.