Lakes Area Cooperative401(k)
CO-OP 401(K) PLAN · PERHAM, MN · plan year 2023
Peer grade: B+ · admin costs + employer contributions vs same-size plans · how grading works
Lakes Area Cooperative reported $36,828 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.56% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $2,504 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 0.56% to 0.42%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 22,307 comparable plans and shown alongside other agriculture, forestry & fishing employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Minnesota (1,371st of 1,918), and 498th of 945 in agriculture, forestry & fishing. In 2023, the employer put in $1.04 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves.
Lakes Area Cooperative's 2023 employer contribution ran above the $1,308 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.
Annual cost at the plan's reported 2023 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.
Compensation shown is direct payments from plan assets reported on Schedule C. Providers paid through fund revenue-sharing appear as indirect.
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 410474270 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.