Plan Ledger DOL Form 5500 · updated monthly

Carter Machinery Company, Inc.401(k)

EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT AND SAVINGS PLAN OF CARTER MACHINERY COMPANY, INC. · SALEM, VA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.04%

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

Carter Machinery Company, Inc. reported $171,390 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.04% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $6,084 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 rose from 0.036% to 0.039%. 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 78th-largest of 2,266 plans among Virginia employers on file, and the 100th of 4,246 in wholesale trade. In 2024, employees put in $1.10 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 2,627 to 3,101 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$466,213,622
Participants with balances3,333
Active participants3,101
Employer contributions$18,865,240
Employee contributions$20,809,059
Employer contribution per active participant$6,084
Average account balance$139,878
Benefits paid to participants$35,963,807
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$466.2M · 3,333 accts · $18.9M emplr
2023$405.8M · 3,078 accts · $16.3M emplr
2022$340.8M · 2,766 accts · $14.0M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$170,490
Total administrative$171,390
The Carter Machinery Company, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$6,084
Median for plans this size$4,294
2024$6,084 per active participant
2023$5,569 per active participant
2022$5,331 per active participant

Carter Machinery Company, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran above the $4,294 median for plans its size. 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 · 20242
QDRO CONSULTANTS COMPANY, LLC$900

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$171,390 · 0.04%
2023$156,928 · 0.04%
2022$133,256 · 0.04%
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Thales USA, Inc. VA$1.6B · 0.05%
Owens & Minor, Inc. VA$993.5M · 0.15%
Jre Holdings, Inc. VA$181.7M · 0.22%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 371170559 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.