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American Wood Fibers, Inc.401(k)

AMERICAN WOOD FIBERS 401(K) RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN · COLUMBIA, MD · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.21%

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

American Wood Fibers, Inc. reported $53,528 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.21% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $933 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 0.24% to 0.21%. 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 507th-largest of 1,671 plans among Maryland employers on file, and the 4,840th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $5.65 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 381 to 318 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$27,191,768
Participants with balances415
Active participants318
Employer contributions$296,822
Employee contributions$1,676,499
Employer contribution per active participant$933
Average account balance$65,522
Benefits paid to participants$2,066,171
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$27.2M · 415 accts · $297K emplr
2023$24.3M · 469 accts · $304K emplr
2022$20.7M · 478 accts · $317K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$53,528
Total administrative$53,528
The American Wood Fibers, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$933
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$933 per active participant
2023$814 per active participant
2022$832 per active participant

American Wood Fibers, 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.

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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
ADP, INC. · Loan processing · Recordkeeping$53,528

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024ADP
2023ADP

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Administrative cost history3
2024$53,528 · 0.21%
2023$54,168 · 0.24%
2022$55,372 · 0.24%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 521747729 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.