Plan Ledger DOL Form 5500 · updated monthly

John Deere Kernersville, LLC401(k)

JOHN DEERE KERNERSVILLE, LLC EMPLOYEES' SAVINGS AND RETIREMENT PLAN · KERNERSVILLE, NC · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.05%

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

John Deere Kernersville, LLC reported $33,474 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.05% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $7,142 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 1 year on file its reported administrative ratio fell from 0.053% to 0.045%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 9,317 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 249th-largest of 2,005 plans among North Carolina employers on file, and the 2,241st of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2023, the employer put in $1.01 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$80,392,809
Participants with balances943
Active participants694
Employer contributions$4,956,592
Employee contributions$4,886,427
Employer contribution per active participant$7,142
Average account balance$85,252
Benefits paid to participants$9,100,373
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$0 · $2.1M emplr
2023$80.4M · 943 accts · $5.0M emplr
2022$66.9M · 838 accts · $2.6M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Audit (IQPA)$16,519
Total administrative$33,474
The John Deere Kernersville, LLC 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$7,142
Median for plans this size$3,659
2023$7,142 per active participant
2022$4,051 per active participant

John Deere Kernersville, LLC's 2023 employer contribution ran above the $3,659 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 2023 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20233
COMPERIO RETIREMENT CONSULTING, IN · Consulting$26,084
FORVIS LLP · Accounting / audit$16,519
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processingindirect comp

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

Administrative cost history3
2024Not separately reported
2023$33,474 · 0.05%
2022$38,664 · 0.05%
Same employer
Similar plansManufacturing · North Carolina
Genpak LLC NC$86.8M · 0.26%
Powersecure, Inc. NC$83.0M · 0.15%
Technimark LLC NC$80.1M · 0.33%
Parkdale Mills, Inc. NC$77.8M · 0.32%
Insteel Industries, Inc. NC$76.8M · 0.13%

Why are you looking at this plan?

Compare

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 371232263 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.