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Metal-Fab, Inc.401(k)

METAL-FAB INC. EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT PLAN · WICHITA, KS · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.20%

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

Metal-Fab, Inc. reported $73,169 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.20% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $2,994 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 0.17% to 0.20%. 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 173rd-largest of 828 plans among Kansas employers on file, and the 3,871st of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $2.08 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$37,269,177
Participants with balances282
Active participants246
Employer contributions$736,558
Employee contributions$1,534,769
Employer contribution per active participant$2,994
Average account balance$132,160
Benefits paid to participants$3,482,879
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorKOCH SIEDHOFF HAND & DUNN LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$37.3M · 282 accts · $737K emplr
2023$34.5M · 278 accts · $700K emplr
2022$31.5M · 281 accts · $663K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$73,169
Total administrative$73,169
The Metal-Fab, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,994
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$2,994 per active participant
2023$2,880 per active participant
2022$2,685 per active participant

Metal-Fab, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran above the $2,416 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
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator · Loan processing$73,169
IMA WEALTH INC · Investment advisory (plan) · Other servicesindirect 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$73,169 · 0.20%
2023$67,664 · 0.21%
2022$57,773 · 0.17%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 480649540 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.