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Great Lakes Employer Services, Inc.401(k)

GREAT LAKES EMPLOYER SERVICES, INC. 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN · RICHMOND, MI · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.35%

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

Great Lakes Employer Services, Inc. reported $54,773 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.35% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $768 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 0.37% to 0.35%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other wholesale trade employers. By assets it is the 1,157th-largest of 2,619 plans among Michigan employers on file, and 2,162nd of 4,246 in wholesale trade. In 2024, employees put in $2.02 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 390 to 553 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$16,992,438
Participants with balances199
Active participants553
Employer contributions$424,572
Employee contributions$855,983
Employer contribution per active participant$768
Average account balance$85,389
Benefits paid to participants$308,179
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorUHY, LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$17.0M · 199 accts · $425K emplr
2023$14.1M · 186 accts · $410K emplr
2022$11.5M · 193 accts · $379K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$20,639
Investment management$34,134
Total administrative$54,773
The Great Lakes Employer Services, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$768
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$768 per active participant
2023$830 per active participant
2022$972 per active participant

Great Lakes Employer Services, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 median for plans its size, in the bottom 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 · 20242
CPI QUALIFIED PLAN CONSULTANTS, INC · Recordkeeping · Pension consulting$20,639
GREGORY J SCHWARTZ & CO · Claims processing$34,134

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024CPI QUALIFIED PLAN CONSULTANTS, INC
2023CPI QUALIFIED PLAN CONSULTANTS, INC

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Administrative cost history3
2024$54,773 · 0.35%
2023$49,364 · 0.38%
2022$47,375 · 0.37%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 223883675 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.