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Northern Star Industries, Inc.401(k)

NORTHERN STAR INDUSTRIES, INC. 401K PROFIT SHARING PLAN · IRON MOUNTAIN, MI · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.26%

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

Northern Star Industries, Inc. reported $97,736 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.26% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $8,376 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 1 year on file its reported administrative ratio fell from 0.34% to 0.26%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 26,779 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 613th-largest of 2,619 plans among Michigan employers on file, and the 3,646th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2023, the employer put in $1.58 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$40,486,933
Participants with balances362
Active participants308
Employer contributions$2,579,785
Employee contributions$1,630,175
Employer contribution per active participant$8,376
Average account balance$111,842
Benefits paid to participants$4,726,801
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorWIPFLI LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$0 · $440K emplr
2023$40.5M · 362 accts · $2.6M emplr
2022$34.6M · 341 accts · $1.9M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Recordkeeping & contract admin$56,539
Investment management$41,197
Total administrative$97,736
The Northern Star Industries, Inc. 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$8,376
Median for plans this size$2,440
2024$1,641 per active participant
2023$8,376 per active participant
2022$6,512 per active participant

Northern Star Industries, Inc.'s 2023 employer contribution ran above the $2,440 median for plans its size, placing it in the top 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 2023 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20232
JOHN HANCOCK · Recordkeeping · Investment management$736
SAGEVIEW ADVISORY GROUP · Investment advisory (participants)$41,197

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
2024Not separately reported
2023$97,736 · 0.26%
2022$129,316 · 0.34%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 381683485 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.