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Starkey Hearing Technologies401(k)

STARKEY LABORATORIES, INC. EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT PLAN · EDEN PRAIRIE, MN · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.07%

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

Starkey Hearing Technologies reported $210,344 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.07% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $3,940 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 0.08% to 0.07%. The plan sits in the $250M–$1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 2,883 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 123rd-largest of 1,918 plans among Minnesota employers on file, and the 849th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $2.44 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$301,135,786
Participants with balances1,970
Active participants1,473
Employer contributions$5,803,709
Employee contributions$14,151,199
Employer contribution per active participant$3,940
Average account balance$152,861
Benefits paid to participants$28,674,489
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorOLSEN, THIELEN & CO., LTD.
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$301.1M · 1,970 accts · $5.8M emplr
2023$266.8M · 1,981 accts · $5.5M emplr
2022$227.1M · 2,128 accts · $5.7M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$210,344
Total administrative$210,344
The Starkey Hearing Technologies 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$3,940
Median for plans this size$4,294
2024$3,940 per active participant
2023$3,744 per active participant
2022$3,594 per active participant

Starkey Hearing Technologies's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $4,294 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
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator · Loan processing$210,344
MORNINGSTAR INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT L · Investment advisory (participants)indirect 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$210,344 · 0.07%
2023$209,693 · 0.08%
2022$201,609 · 0.08%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 410913126 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.