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Mountain State Auto Auction In401(k)

MOUNTAIN STATE AUTO AUCTION IN 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN & TRUST · SHINNSTON, WV · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.54%

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

Mountain State Auto Auction In reported $61,228 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.54% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $636 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 0.68% to 0.54%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other professional & technical services employers. By assets it is the 121st-largest of 265 plans among West Virginia employers on file, and 7,266th of 11,654 in professional & technical services. In 2024, employees put in $1.83 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 818 to 1,110 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$12,415,114
Participants with balances773
Active participants1,110
Employer contributions$705,728
Employee contributions$1,289,684
Employer contribution per active participant$636
Average account balance$16,061
Benefits paid to participants$1,117,999
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorSTELMACK DOBRANSKY & EANNACE LLC
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$12.4M · 773 accts · $706K emplr
2023$10.3M · 328 accts · $690K emplr
2022$7.6M · 361 accts · $696K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$5,054
Investment management$55,314
Trustee / custodial$860
Total administrative$61,228
The Mountain State Auto Auction In 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$636
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$636 per active participant
2023$723 per active participant
2022$851 per active participant

Mountain State Auto Auction In's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 median for plans its size, in the bottom 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 · 20241
LEVELIZED COMPENSATION ADVISOR · Investment advisory (plan)$55,314

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$61,228 · 0.54%
2023$54,998 · 0.62%
2022$51,741 · 0.68%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 621380854 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.