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Austal USA. LLC401(k)

AUSTAL USA. LLC 401(K) PLAN · MOBILE, AL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.24%

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

Austal USA. LLC reported $288,778 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.24% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,552 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 0.24%. 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 56th-largest of 902 plans among Alabama employers on file, and the 1,568th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $2.25 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$129,568,861
Participants with balances2,312
Active participants2,711
Employer contributions$4,207,401
Employee contributions$9,446,960
Employer contribution per active participant$1,552
Average account balance$56,042
Benefits paid to participants$14,941,724
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorCARR, RIGGS INGRAM, LLC
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$129.6M · 2,312 accts · $4.2M emplr
2023$115.2M · 1,994 accts · $3.5M emplr
2022$96.5M · 1,989 accts · $3.9M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$227,628
Investment management$51,950
Total administrative$288,778
The Austal USA. LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,552
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$1,552 per active participant
2023$1,332 per active participant
2022$1,533 per active participant

Austal USA. LLC'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.

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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

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$288,778 · 0.24%
2023$231,798 · 0.22%
2022$236,010 · 0.23%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 631238756 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.