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Highway Equipment Company401(k)

HIGHWAY EQUIPMENT COMPANY RETIREMENT PLAN · CEDAR RAPIDS, IA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.44%

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

Highway Equipment Company reported $123,593 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.44% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $3,172 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 0.12% to 0.44%. 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 307th-largest of 878 plans among Iowa employers on file, and the 4,535th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $2.40 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$29,529,127
Participants with balances178
Active participants153
Employer contributions$485,314
Employee contributions$1,163,900
Employer contribution per active participant$3,172
Average account balance$165,894
Benefits paid to participants$2,988,482
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$29.5M · 178 accts · $485K emplr
2023$26.8M · 177 accts · $535K emplr
2022$21.9M · 177 accts · $499K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Investment management$123,593
Total administrative$123,593
The Highway Equipment Company 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$3,172
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$3,172 per active participant
2023$3,220 per active participant
2022$3,200 per active participant

Highway Equipment Company'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
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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.

Administrative cost history3
2024$123,593 · 0.44%
2023$40,002 · 0.16%
2022$28,914 · 0.12%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 421102581 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.