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Farwest Steel Corporation401(k)

FARWEST STEEL CORPORATION AND AFFILIATED COMPANIES 401(K) PLAN · EUGENE, OR · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.29%

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

Farwest Steel Corporation reported $130,066 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.29% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $1,943 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 0.18% to 0.29%. 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 191st-largest of 1,021 plans among Oregon employers on file, and the 3,254th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $2.38 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$47,913,431
Participants with balances817
Active participants648
Employer contributions$1,258,874
Employee contributions$2,999,815
Employer contribution per active participant$1,943
Average account balance$58,646
Benefits paid to participants$4,158,898
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorKERNUTT STOKES LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$47.9M · 817 accts · $1.3M emplr
2023$42.4M · 815 accts · $1.2M emplr
2022$36.6M · 1,055 accts · $1.2M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$78,527
Investment management$16,223
Total administrative$130,066
The Farwest Steel Corporation 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,943
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$1,943 per active participant
2023$1,767 per active participant
2022$1,873 per active participant

Farwest Steel Corporation'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 · 20243
PRIME PENSIONS NORTHWEST, LLC · Other services$35,316
EMPOWER ADVISORY GROUP, LLC · Investment management$16,223

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$130,066 · 0.29%
2023$91,865 · 0.23%
2022$74,167 · 0.18%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 930588199 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.