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Alton Steel, Inc.401(k)

ALTON STEEL, INC. 401(K) PLAN · ALTON, IL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.40%

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

Alton Steel, Inc. reported $96,995 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.40% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $922 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 0.45% to 0.40%. 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 the 1,477th-largest of 3,702 plans among Illinois employers on file, and the 5,085th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $6.71 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$25,256,361
Participants with balances252
Active participants248
Employer contributions$228,640
Employee contributions$1,534,066
Employer contribution per active participant$922
Average account balance$100,224
Benefits paid to participants$3,570,339
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorMARKSNELSON LLC
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$25.3M · 252 accts · $229K emplr
2023$23.2M · 244 accts · $223K emplr
2022$19.5M · 237 accts · $571K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$41,947
Total administrative$96,995
The Alton Steel, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$922
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$922 per active participant
2023$949 per active participant
2022$2,450 per active participant

Alton Steel, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 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.

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.

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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$96,995 · 0.40%
2023$91,452 · 0.43%
2022$81,778 · 0.45%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 371414820 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.