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J.C. Steele and Sons, Inc.401(k)

J.C. STEELE & SONS,INC PROFIT SHARING AND RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN · STATESVILLE, NC · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.24%

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

J.C. Steele and Sons, Inc. reported $64,800 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.24% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $4,483 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 0.10% to 0.24%. 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 598th-largest of 2,005 plans among North Carolina employers on file, and the 4,784th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $1.36 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$27,581,380
Participants with balances139
Active participants126
Employer contributions$564,864
Employee contributions$769,612
Employer contribution per active participant$4,483
Average account balance$198,427
Benefits paid to participants$4,965,609
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$27.6M · 139 accts · $565K emplr
2023$26.9M · 146 accts · $535K emplr
2022$24.0M · 139 accts · $520K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$48,428
Investment management$16,372
Total administrative$64,800
The J.C. Steele and Sons, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$4,483
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$4,483 per active participant
2023$4,082 per active participant
2022$3,968 per active participant

J.C. Steele and Sons, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran above the $2,416 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 · 20242
LINCOLN NATIONAL CORPORATION · Contract administrator$48,428
NFP RETIREMENT INC · Investment advisory (plan)$16,372

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$64,800 · 0.24%
2023$60,893 · 0.24%
2022$28,035 · 0.10%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 560495324 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.