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Palmer Mfg & Tank Inc401(k)

PALMER MFG & TANK INC 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN & TRUST · GARDEN CITY, KS · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.91%

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

Palmer Mfg & Tank Inc reported $39,666 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.91% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,594 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 0.75% to 0.91%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other mining, oil & gas extraction employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Kansas (662nd of 828), and 512th of 612 in mining, oil & gas extraction. In 2024, employees put in $1.67 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$4,691,474
Participants with balances148
Active participants149
Employer contributions$237,578
Employee contributions$395,817
Employer contribution per active participant$1,594
Average account balance$31,699
Benefits paid to participants$463,343
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorALLEN GIBBS AND HOULIK
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$4.7M · 148 accts · $238K emplr
2023$4.0M · 148 accts · $223K emplr
2022$3.2M · 156 accts · $225K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$22,493
Investment management$16,231
Trustee / custodial$942
Total administrative$39,666
The Palmer Mfg & Tank Inc 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,594
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$1,594 per active participant
2023$1,525 per active participant
2022$1,468 per active participant

Palmer Mfg & Tank Inc's 2024 employer contribution ran above 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.

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 · 20243
401K GENERATION · Contract administrator$12,515
LEGACY FINANCIAL STRATEGIES, LLC · Investment advisory (participants)$8,318
LEGACY FINANCIAL STRATEGIES · Investment advisory (participants)$6,588

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$39,666 · 0.91%
2023$41,234 · 1.14%
2022$24,211 · 0.75%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 364902216 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.