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Liberty Steel Industries, Inc.401(k)

LIBERTY STEEL INDUSTRIES, INC. 401(K) RETIREMENT PLAN · WARREN, OH · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.61%

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

Liberty Steel Industries, Inc. reported $48,389 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.61% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $1,069 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 0.53% to 0.61%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Ohio (2,163rd of 3,295), and 9,540th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $3.69 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$8,316,041
Participants with balances137
Active participants150
Employer contributions$160,321
Employee contributions$591,403
Employer contribution per active participant$1,069
Average account balance$60,701
Benefits paid to participants$735,422
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$8.3M · 137 accts · $160K emplr
2023$7.6M · 129 accts · $151K emplr
2022$6.8M · 124 accts · $139K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$41,339
Total administrative$48,389
The Liberty Steel Industries, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,069
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$1,069 per active participant
2023$1,045 per active participant
2022$992 per active participant

Liberty Steel Industries, 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.

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Annual cost at the plan's reported 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Ascensus, RETIREMENT PLANS, INC.
2023Ascensus, RETIREMENT PLANS, INC.

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Administrative cost history3
2024$48,389 · 0.61%
2023$42,131 · 0.58%
2022$41,396 · 0.53%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 472870834 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.