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Hughes Brothers, Inc.401(k)

HUGHES BROTHERS, INC. 401(K) PLAN FOR BARGAINING UNIT EMPLOYEES · SEWARD, NE · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.08%

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

Hughes Brothers, Inc. reported $33,938 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.08% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $6,376 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 0.09% to 0.08%. 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 129th-largest of 565 plans among Nebraska employers on file, and the 3,229th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, the employer put in $1.49 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves; active participation has grown from 204 to 234 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$48,411,096
Participants with balances241
Active participants234
Employer contributions$1,492,045
Employee contributions$1,001,271
Employer contribution per active participant$6,376
Average account balance$200,876
Benefits paid to participants$1,449,108
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorFRANKEL, LLC
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$48.4M · 241 accts · $1.5M emplr
2023$41.1M · 239 accts · $1.4M emplr
2022$34.7M · 209 accts · $1.3M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$450
Investment management$33,488
Total administrative$33,938
The Hughes Brothers, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$6,376
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$6,376 per active participant
2023$6,122 per active participant
2022$6,212 per active participant

Hughes Brothers, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran above the $2,416 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.

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
JOHN HANCOCK · Recordkeeping$450
D.A. DAVIDSON & CO. · Investment advisory (participants) · Investment advisory (plan)$33,488

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024John Hancock
2023John Hancock

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Administrative cost history3
2024$33,938 · 0.08%
2023$29,280 · 0.08%
2022$33,418 · 0.09%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 470354103 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.