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Kobe Steel USA Inc.401(k)

KOBE STEEL USA RETIREMENT PLAN · LIVONIA, MI · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.69%

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

Kobe Steel USA Inc. reported $50,405 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.69% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $1,090 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 0.89% to 0.69%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other administrative & support services employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Michigan (1,711th of 2,619), and the 1,147th of 2,534 in administrative & support services. In 2024, employees put in $2.87 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 184 to 273 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$7,914,219
Participants with balances312
Active participants273
Employer contributions$297,541
Employee contributions$854,686
Employer contribution per active participant$1,090
Average account balance$25,366
Benefits paid to participants$752,261
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorMILLER COOPER & CO. LTD
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$7.9M · 312 accts · $298K emplr
2023$6.7M · 335 accts · $278K emplr
2022$5.5M · 216 accts · $233K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$50,405
Total administrative$50,405
The Kobe Steel USA Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,090
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$1,090 per active participant
2023$977 per active participant
2022$1,269 per active participant

Kobe Steel USA Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $1,313 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
TRIAD ADVISORS INC · Investment advisory (plan)$12,881
OSAIC WEALTH INC · Investment advisory (plan)$4,720

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$50,405 · 0.69%
2023$56,159 · 0.92%
2022$55,653 · 0.89%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 133458454 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.