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Alro Steel Corporation401(k)

ALRO STEEL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES RETIREMENT/401(K) PLAN · JACKSON, MI · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.11%

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

Alro Steel Corporation reported $538,671 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.11% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $7,425 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 0.22% to 0.11%. The plan sits in the $250M–$1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 2,883 comparable plans and shown alongside other wholesale trade employers. By assets it is the 65th-largest of 2,619 plans among Michigan employers on file, and the 92nd of 4,246 in wholesale trade. In 2024, the employer put in $1.20 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$512,780,096
Participants with balances5,220
Active participants3,006
Employer contributions$22,318,977
Employee contributions$18,577,915
Employer contribution per active participant$7,425
Average account balance$98,234
Benefits paid to participants$43,092,242
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$512.8M · 5,220 accts · $22.3M emplr
2023$470.1M · 5,094 accts · $26.5M emplr
2022$407.9M · 4,880 accts · $21.4M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$528,898
Total administrative$538,671
The Alro Steel Corporation 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$7,425
Median for plans this size$4,294
2024$7,425 per active participant
2023$8,593 per active participant
2022$7,273 per active participant

Alro Steel Corporation's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $4,294 median for plans its size, placing it in the top 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.

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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
JOHN HANCOCK · Recordkeeping · Loan processing$528,898

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024John Hancock
2023John Hancock

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Administrative cost history3
2024$538,671 · 0.11%
2023$974,465 · 0.22%
2022$907,615 · 0.22%
All plans at this employer4
ALRO STEEL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES RETIREMENT/401(K) PLAN401(k)
ALRO STEEL CORPORATION UNION EMPLOYEES' MONEY PURCHASE PENSION PLANMoney purchase plan
ALRO STEEL CORP. UNION EMPLOYEES' 401(K) PLAN401(k)
ALRO STEEL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES RETIREMENT/401(K) PLAN (MONEY PURCHASE PORTION)Money purchase plan
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 381300597 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.