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Golden State Foods401(k)

GOLDEN STATE FOODS 401(K) SAVINGS & RETIREMENT PLAN · IRVINE, CA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.20%

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

Golden State Foods reported $482,144 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.20% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $2,508 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 3 years on file its reported administrative ratio has held roughly steady near 0.20%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 465th-largest of 9,483 plans among California employers on file, and the 965th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $1.80 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$259,666,428
Participants with balances5,890
Active participants4,673
Employer contributions$11,720,581
Employee contributions$21,140,192
Employer contribution per active participant$2,508
Average account balance$44,086
Benefits paid to participants$33,224,901
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$259.7M · 5,890 accts · $11.7M emplr
2023$227.4M · 5,902 accts · $11.0M emplr
2022$190.6M · 5,779 accts · $9.4M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$462,660
Investment management$19,484
Total administrative$482,144
The Golden State Foods 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,508
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$2,508 per active participant
2023$2,258 per active participant
2022$1,971 per active participant

Golden State Foods's 2024 employer contribution ran below 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.

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 · 20242
SCHWAB RETIREMENT PLAN SERVICES,INC · Recordkeeping · Investment advisory (participants)$479,630
CHARLES SCHWAB & CO., INC. · Securities brokerage$4,797

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$482,144 · 0.20%
2023$471,531 · 0.23%
2022$432,951 · 0.21%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 952670074 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.