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Northern Logistics, Inc.401(k)

NORTHERN LOGISTICS, INC. 401(K) PLAN · CLARE, MI · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.70%

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

Northern Logistics, Inc. reported $30,955 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.70% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $678 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 fell from 0.81% to 0.70%. 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 (2,027th of 2,619), and 1,676th of 2,677 in transportation & warehousing. In 2024, employees put in $2.26 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$4,806,577
Participants with balances144
Active participants321
Employer contributions$217,543
Employee contributions$490,977
Employer contribution per active participant$678
Average account balance$33,379
Benefits paid to participants$605,875
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorWEINLANDER FITZHUGH
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$4.8M · 144 accts · $218K emplr
2023$4.1M · 147 accts · $220K emplr
2022$3.0M · 135 accts · $204K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$25,141
Investment management$2,322
Total administrative$30,955
The Northern Logistics, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$678
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$678 per active participant
2023$656 per active participant
2022$574 per active participant

Northern Logistics, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below 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.

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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 · 20243
EMPOWER ADVISORY GROUP, LLC · Investment management$2,322
ROBERT W BAIRD & CO INCORPORATEDindirect 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$30,955 · 0.70%
2023$27,202 · 0.76%
2022$25,502 · 0.81%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 383083771 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.