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Northern Metal Products401(k)

NORTHERN METAL PRODUCTS 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN · SAINT CLOUD, MN · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.43%

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

Northern Metal Products reported $65,663 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.43% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $2,132 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 3 years on file its reported administrative ratio has held roughly steady near 0.43%. 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 among the smaller plans on file in Minnesota (1,022nd of 1,918), and the 6,740th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $2.38 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$16,242,068
Participants with balances149
Active participants160
Employer contributions$341,145
Employee contributions$812,967
Employer contribution per active participant$2,132
Average account balance$109,007
Benefits paid to participants$924,456
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$16.2M · 149 accts · $341K emplr
2023$14.1M · 149 accts · $338K emplr
2022$11.5M · 151 accts · $377K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$28,675
Investment management$36,988
Total administrative$65,663
The Northern Metal Products 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,132
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$2,132 per active participant
2023$2,098 per active participant
2022$2,178 per active participant

Northern Metal Products'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 · 20242
CETERA INVESTMENT ADVISORS LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$36,186
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$28,675

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$65,663 · 0.43%
2023$55,674 · 0.43%
2022$55,862 · 0.44%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 411784229 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.