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Byer Steel Group401(k)

BYER STEEL GROUP 401(K) PLAN · CINCINNATI, OH · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.07%

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

Byer Steel Group reported $3,298 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.07% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $2,507 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 0.28% to 0.07%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other wholesale trade employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Ohio (2,580th of 3,295), and 3,682nd of 4,246 in wholesale trade. In 2024, employees put in $1.56 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 80 to 88 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$4,694,011
Participants with balances121
Active participants88
Employer contributions$220,604
Employee contributions$344,324
Employer contribution per active participant$2,507
Average account balance$38,793
Benefits paid to participants$735,864
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorBARNES DENNIG AND CO.
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$4.7M · 121 accts · $221K emplr
2023$4.4M · 113 accts
2022$3.6M · 107 accts · $198K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$1,746
Investment management$1,552
Total administrative$3,298
The Byer Steel Group 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,507
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$2,507 per active participant
2022$2,478 per active participant

Byer Steel Group's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $1,313 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.

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.

Service providers · 20241
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$1,746

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$3,298 · 0.07%
2023$3,791 · 0.10%
2022$10,689 · 0.28%
Similar plansWholesale Trade · Ohio
Winston Products, LLC OH$5.4M · 0.10%
Weaver Brothers, Inc. OH$5.4M · 0.78%
Principled Dynamics OH$4.5M · 1.19%
Norwalk Furniture Inc. OH$4.3M · 0.88%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 273576009 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.