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Nor-Am, Inc.401(k)

NOR-AM 401(K) PLAN AND TRUST · LE MARS, IA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.94%

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

Nor-Am, Inc. reported $117,666 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.94% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,234 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 0.79% to 0.94%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other transportation & warehousing employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Iowa (514th of 878), and the 944th of 2,677 in transportation & warehousing. In 2024, employees put in $1.77 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 375 to 516 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$13,917,727
Participants with balances548
Active participants516
Employer contributions$636,558
Employee contributions$1,127,843
Employer contribution per active participant$1,234
Average account balance$25,397
Benefits paid to participants$590,477
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorSANTI & ASSOCIATES, PC
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$13.9M · 548 accts · $637K emplr
2023$11.2M · 526 accts · $550K emplr
2022$8.3M · 445 accts · $514K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$117,666
Total administrative$117,666
The Nor-Am, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,234
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$1,234 per active participant
2023$1,142 per active participant
2022$1,372 per active participant

Nor-Am, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 median for plans its size, in the bottom 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.

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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 · 20241
JOHN HANCOCK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Recordkeeping · Investment management$8,231

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024John Hancock
2023John Hancock

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Administrative cost history3
2024$117,666 · 0.94%
2023$85,165 · 0.87%
2022$69,961 · 0.79%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 421472573 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.