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Cem Corporation401(k)

CEM CORPORATION SALARY REDUCTION PROFIT SHARING PLAN · MATTHEWS, NC · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.08%

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

Cem Corporation reported $57,931 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.08% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $9,566 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 0.09% to 0.08%. 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 269th-largest of 2,005 plans among North Carolina employers on file, and the 2,324th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, the employer put in $1.16 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$75,790,487
Participants with balances314
Active participants261
Employer contributions$2,496,652
Employee contributions$2,150,158
Employer contribution per active participant$9,566
Average account balance$241,371
Benefits paid to participants$4,442,668
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorLONG CPA, PLLC
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$75.8M · 314 accts · $2.5M emplr
2023$66.4M · 293 accts · $1.9M emplr
2022$51.3M · 285 accts · $1.5M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$57,931
Total administrative$57,931
The Cem Corporation 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$9,566
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$9,566 per active participant
2023$7,284 per active participant
2022$5,825 per active participant

Cem Corporation's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $3,635 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
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator · Loan processing$59,533

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$57,931 · 0.08%
2023$49,683 · 0.08%
2022$42,163 · 0.09%
Same employer
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Technimark LLC NC$80.1M · 0.33%
Parkdale Mills, Inc. NC$77.8M · 0.32%
Insteel Industries, Inc. NC$76.8M · 0.13%
Wastequip, LLC. NC$72.9M · 0.36%
Pyxus International, Inc. NC$69.1M · 0.19%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 561019741 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.