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Kern Oil & Refining Company401(k)

KERN OIL & REFINING CO. PROFIT SHARING PLAN · BAKERSFIELD, CA · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.22%

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

Kern Oil & Refining Company reported $53,648 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.22% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $1,741 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 0.23%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 26,779 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 2,850th-largest of 9,483 plans among California employers on file, and the 4,773rd of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2023, employees put in $4.73 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$27,724,352
Participants with balances207
Active participants177
Employer contributions$308,086
Employee contributions$1,456,328
Employer contribution per active participant$1,741
Average account balance$133,934
Benefits paid to participants$639,717
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorBARBICH HOOPER KING DILL HOFFMAN
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$25.9M · 205 accts · $320K emplr
2023$27.7M · 207 accts · $308K emplr
2022$21.5M · 184 accts · $277K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Recordkeeping & contract admin$53,648
Total administrative$53,648
The Kern Oil & Refining Company 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$1,741
Median for plans this size$2,440
2024$1,767 per active participant
2023$1,741 per active participant
2022$1,723 per active participant

Kern Oil & Refining Company's 2023 employer contribution ran below the $2,440 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 2023 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20232
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator$53,648
WILSHIRE ADVISORS LLC · Investment advisory (plan)indirect 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
2024$60,821 · 0.23%
2023$53,648 · 0.22%
2022$28,260 · 0.12%
All plans at this employer2
KERN OIL & REFINING COMPANY PENSION PLANMoney purchase plan
KERN OIL & REFINING CO. PROFIT SHARING PLAN401(k)
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 330011506 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.