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Steffes, LLC401(k)

STEFFES EMPLOYEES' 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN · DICKINSON, ND · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.56%

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

Steffes, LLC reported $285,464 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.56% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $3,124 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 0.51% to 0.56%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 46th-largest of 279 plans among North Dakota employers on file, and the 2,971st of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $1.53 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 468 to 542 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$54,186,007
Participants with balances849
Active participants542
Employer contributions$1,693,249
Employee contributions$2,592,846
Employer contribution per active participant$3,124
Average account balance$63,823
Benefits paid to participants$3,551,511
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$54.2M · 849 accts · $1.7M emplr
2023$47.2M · 832 accts · $1.7M emplr
2022$37.8M · 672 accts · $1.1M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$52,204
Investment management$213,104
Trustee / custodial$20,156
Total administrative$285,464
The Steffes, LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$3,124
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$3,124 per active participant
2023$2,904 per active participant
2022$2,424 per active participant

Steffes, LLC's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $3,635 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.

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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 · 20241
BRAVERA WEALTH · Trustee · Recordkeeping$285,464

Compensation shown is direct payments from plan assets reported on Schedule C. Providers paid through fund revenue-sharing appear as indirect.

Recordkeeper by year2
2024BRAVERA WEALTH
2023BRAVERA WEALTH

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Administrative cost history3
2024$285,464 · 0.56%
2023$232,610 · 0.55%
2022$205,828 · 0.51%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 450320555 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.