Gower Corporation401(k)
GOWER CORPORATION 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN · GREENVILLE, SC · plan year 2024
Peer grade: B+ · admin costs + employer contributions vs same-size plans · how grading works
Gower Corporation reported $82,454 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.29% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $21,133 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 0.29%. 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 187th-largest of 807 plans among South Carolina employers on file, and the 4,485th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, the employer put in $3.23 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves; active participation has shrunk from 176 to 122 since 2022.
Gower Corporation'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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Compensation shown is direct payments from plan assets reported on Schedule C. Providers paid through fund revenue-sharing appear as indirect.
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 570293575 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.