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Gs Engineering, Inc.ESOP

GS ENGINEERING, INC. EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN · HOUGHTON, MI · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.30%

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

Gs Engineering, Inc. reported $15,641 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.30% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $4,101 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.

The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other professional & technical services employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Michigan (1,753rd of 2,619), and 8,900th of 11,654 in professional & technical services.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$7,415,206
Participants with balances116
Active participants81
Employer contributions$332,214
Employee contributions—
Employer contribution per active participant$4,101
Average account balance$63,924
Benefits paid to participants$43,674
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Employer contributions to the Gs Engineering, Inc. plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$4,101
Median for plans this size$1,313

Gs Engineering, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran above the $1,313 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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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 · 20241
STEPHENSON NATIONAL BANK & TRUST$15,641

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

Administrative cost history1
2024$15,641 · 0.30%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 383611785 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.