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Dalb, Inc.401(k)

DALB, INC. 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN · KEARNEYSVILLE, WV · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.62%

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

Dalb, Inc. reported $74,360 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.62% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $947 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 0.62%. 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 120th-largest of 265 plans among West Virginia employers on file, and 7,857th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $3.48 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$12,544,882
Participants with balances148
Active participants176
Employer contributions$166,737
Employee contributions$580,286
Employer contribution per active participant$947
Average account balance$84,763
Benefits paid to participants$927,265
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorSMITH ELLIOTT KEARNS & CO, LLC
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$12.5M · 148 accts · $167K emplr
2023$11.3M · 132 accts · $149K emplr
2022$9.7M · 129 accts · $143K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$24,763
Investment management$37,597
Audit (IQPA)$12,000
Total administrative$74,360
The Dalb, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$947
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$947 per active participant
2023$915 per active participant
2022$880 per active participant

Dalb, 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.

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 · 20243
NFP RETIREMENT INC · Investment advisory (plan)$37,597
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$24,763
SEK CPAS AND ADVISORS · Accounting / audit$12,000

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$74,360 · 0.62%
2023$67,120 · 0.64%
2022$66,756 · 0.65%
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Woodcraft, LLC WV$13.2M · 0.50%
Champion Industries, Inc. WV$10.1M · 0.01%
Amsted Graphite Materials WV$8.5M · 0.45%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 550616156 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.