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Thern, Inc.401(k)

THERN, INC. RETIREMENT PLAN · WINONA, MN · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.03%

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

Thern, Inc. reported $3,154 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.03% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $2,543 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 0.02% to 0.03%. 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 among the smaller plans on file in Minnesota (1,142nd of 1,918), and 7,612th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $2.00 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 107 to 118 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$13,308,754
Participants with balances148
Active participants118
Employer contributions$300,098
Employee contributions$600,543
Employer contribution per active participant$2,543
Average account balance$89,924
Benefits paid to participants$472,521
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorHAWKINS ASH CPAS
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$13.3M · 148 accts · $300K emplr
2023$11.4M · 140 accts · $265K emplr
2022$10.4M · 137 accts · $270K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$3,154
Total administrative$3,154
The Thern, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,543
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$2,543 per active participant
2023$2,601 per active participant
2022$2,521 per active participant

Thern, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran above 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.

Administrative cost history3
2024$3,154 · 0.03%
2023$2,719 · 0.02%
2022$2,268 · 0.02%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 410791857 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.