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Lake State Railway Company401(k)

LAKE STATE RAILWAY COMPANY 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN · SAGINAW, MI · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.43%

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

Lake State Railway Company reported $35,431 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.43% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $1,617 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 0.43%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other transportation & warehousing employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Michigan (1,626th of 2,619), and the 1,238th of 2,677 in transportation & warehousing. In 2024, employees put in $2.68 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$8,789,401
Participants with balances157
Active participants132
Employer contributions$213,415
Employee contributions$572,357
Employer contribution per active participant$1,617
Average account balance$55,983
Benefits paid to participants$788,129
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$8.8M · 157 accts · $213K emplr
2023$7.6M · 154 accts · $191K emplr
2022$5.9M · 139 accts · $250K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$20,434
Investment management$14,997
Total administrative$35,431
The Lake State Railway Company 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,617
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$1,617 per active participant
2023$1,397 per active participant
2022$2,033 per active participant

Lake State Railway Company's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $1,313 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 · 20242
NEWPORT GROUP, INC. · Loan processing · Recordkeeping$20,433
PNC INSTITUTIONAL ASSET MANAGEMENT · Investment advisory (plan)$14,997

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$35,431 · 0.43%
2023$29,256 · 0.43%
2022$26,603 · 0.42%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 383023096 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.