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Harger, Inc.401(k)

HARGER EMPLOYEE SAVINGS & RETIREMENT PLAN · GRAYSLAKE, IL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.32%

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

Harger, Inc. reported $43,044 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.32% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $2,581 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 0.32%. 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 among the smaller plans on file in Illinois (1,990th of 3,702), and 7,088th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $2.15 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 122 to 167 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$15,017,914
Participants with balances198
Active participants167
Employer contributions$431,033
Employee contributions$926,223
Employer contribution per active participant$2,581
Average account balance$75,848
Benefits paid to participants$194,644
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$15.0M · 198 accts · $431K emplr
2023$11.7M · 158 accts · $357K emplr
2022$10.2M · 135 accts · $335K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$9,281
Investment management$33,763
Total administrative$43,044
The Harger, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,581
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$2,581 per active participant
2023$2,570 per active participant
2022$2,743 per active participant

Harger, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran above the $2,416 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 · 20243
RPA FINANCIAL LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$32,659
EMPOWER ADVISORY GROUP, LLC · Investment management$1,756

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$43,044 · 0.32%
2023$33,042 · 0.30%
2022$34,303 · 0.31%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 362607591 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.