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Nortech Systems Inc.401(k)

NORTECH SYSTEMS 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN · MAPLE GROVE, MN · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.38%

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

Nortech Systems Inc. reported $100,820 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.38% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $1,983 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 0.31% to 0.38%. 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 730th-largest of 1,918 plans among Minnesota employers on file, and the 4,756th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $3.52 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 419 to 356 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$27,867,268
Participants with balances508
Active participants356
Employer contributions$706,032
Employee contributions$2,482,537
Employer contribution per active participant$1,983
Average account balance$54,857
Benefits paid to participants$4,100,327
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$27.9M · 508 accts · $706K emplr
2023$25.5M · 548 accts · $458K emplr
2022$21.6M · 585 accts · $305K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$43,698
Investment management$45,422
Audit (IQPA)$11,700
Total administrative$100,820
The Nortech Systems Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,983
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$1,983 per active participant
2023$1,153 per active participant
2022$728 per active participant

Nortech Systems Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below 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 · 20244
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$43,698
COMMONWEALTH FINANCIAL NETWORK · Investment advisory (plan)$38,367
BOYUM & BARENSCHEER PLLP · Accounting / audit$11,700
STRATEGIC ADVISORS, INC. · Investment advisory (plan)$7,054

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$100,820 · 0.38%
2023$76,702 · 0.33%
2022$72,809 · 0.31%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 411681094 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.