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Distributor Service, Inc.401(k)

DISTRIBUTOR SERVICE, INC. 401(K) PLAN · CARNEGIE, PA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.65%

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

Distributor Service, Inc. reported $70,753 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.65% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $2,261 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 0.65%. 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 among the smaller plans on file in Pennsylvania (2,193rd of 3,651), and 8,338th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $2.50 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$11,060,369
Participants with balances147
Active participants136
Employer contributions$307,506
Employee contributions$767,412
Employer contribution per active participant$2,261
Average account balance$75,241
Benefits paid to participants$1,942,257
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorHOLSINGER P.C.
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$0
2024$11.1M · 147 accts · $308K emplr
2023$10.6M · 160 accts · $310K emplr
2022$9.3M · 155 accts · $284K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$37,064
Investment management$33,689
Total administrative$70,753
The Distributor Service, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,261
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$2,261 per active participant
2023$2,334 per active participant
2022$2,184 per active participant

Distributor Service, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 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
STANCORP FINANCIAL GROUP · Claims processing · Recordkeeping$37,064
FIRST NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY · Investment advisory (plan)$33,689

Compensation shown is direct payments from plan assets reported on Schedule C. Providers paid through fund revenue-sharing appear as indirect.

Recordkeeper by year2
2024The Standard
2023The Standard

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Administrative cost history4
2025Not separately reported
2024$70,753 · 0.65%
2023$64,414 · 0.65%
2022$65,735 · 0.62%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 251189905 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.