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Great Plains Manufacturing, Incorporated401(k)

GREAT PLAINS MANUFACTURING INC. PROFIT SHARING 401(K) PLAN · SALINA, KS · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.25%

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

Great Plains Manufacturing, Incorporated reported $342,087 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.25% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $2,698 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 0.14% to 0.25%. 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 49th-largest of 828 plans among Kansas employers on file, and the 1,422nd of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $1.44 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$149,120,632
Participants with balances2,822
Active participants2,125
Employer contributions$5,732,932
Employee contributions$8,255,027
Employer contribution per active participant$2,698
Average account balance$52,842
Benefits paid to participants$11,879,198
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorKCOE ISOM
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$149.1M · 2,822 accts · $5.7M emplr
2023$127.2M · 2,624 accts · $5.3M emplr
2022$104.1M · 2,369 accts · $4.5M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$212,273
Investment management$129,814
Total administrative$342,087
The Great Plains Manufacturing, Incorporated 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,698
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$2,698 per active participant
2023$2,285 per active participant
2022$2,294 per active participant

Great Plains Manufacturing, Incorporated'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
CREATIVE PLANNING LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$129,814

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

Administrative cost history3
2024$342,087 · 0.25%
2023$199,924 · 0.17%
2022$159,517 · 0.14%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 480837521 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.