The Bernick Companies401(k)
THE BERNICK COMPANIES PROFIT SHARING 401(K) PLAN · ST. CLOUD, MN · plan year 2024
Peer grade: D · admin costs + employer contributions vs same-size plans · how grading works
The Bernick Companies reported $225,320 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.38% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,546 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 3 years on file its reported administrative ratio has held roughly steady near 0.376%. 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 407th-largest of 1,918 plans among Minnesota employers on file, and the 2,637th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $2.97 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 607 to 668 since 2022.
The Bernick Companies's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $3,635 median for plans its size, in the bottom 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.
Annual cost at the plan's reported 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.
Compensation shown is direct payments from plan assets reported on Schedule C. Providers paid through fund revenue-sharing appear as indirect.
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 410149440 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.