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Pioneer Metal Finishing, LLC401(k)

PIONEER METAL FINISHING, LLC RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN · GREEN BAY, WI · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.31%

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

Pioneer Metal Finishing, LLC reported $115,990 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.31% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $1,879 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 0.14% to 0.31%. 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 514th-largest of 1,936 plans among Wisconsin employers on file, and the 3,786th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $1.81 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 853 to 705 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$38,597,890
Participants with balances917
Active participants705
Employer contributions$1,324,814
Employee contributions$2,397,620
Employer contribution per active participant$1,879
Average account balance$42,091
Benefits paid to participants$6,866,179
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$38.6M · 917 accts · $1.3M emplr
2023$36.4M · 1,192 accts · $1.2M emplr
2022$32.3M · 947 accts · $1.7M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$59,019
Investment management$44,232
Total administrative$115,990
The Pioneer Metal Finishing, LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,879
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$1,879 per active participant
2023$1,585 per active participant
2022$1,935 per active participant

Pioneer Metal Finishing, LLC'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 · 20243
GLOBAL RETIREMENT PARTNERS LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$44,232
PIONEER METAL FINISHING LLC$12,739

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$115,990 · 0.31%
2023$89,790 · 0.26%
2022$49,026 · 0.14%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 391895600 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.