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Norfolk Tug Company401(k)

USWT 401(K) PLAN · NORFOLK, VA · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.46%

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

Norfolk Tug Company reported $59,163 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.46% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $4,446 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 1 year on file its reported administrative ratio rose from 0.43% to 0.46%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 26,779 comparable plans and shown alongside other transportation & warehousing employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Virginia (1,243rd of 2,266), and the 948th of 2,677 in transportation & warehousing. In 2023, employees put in $1.48 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$13,831,325
Participants with balances148
Active participants129
Employer contributions$573,547
Employee contributions$849,243
Employer contribution per active participant$4,446
Average account balance$93,455
Benefits paid to participants$1,376,610
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorWALL, EINHORN & CHERNITZER, PC
Plan history2
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2023$13.8M · 148 accts · $574K emplr
2022$11.7M · 158 accts · $422K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Recordkeeping & contract admin$31,565
Investment management$23,527
Total administrative$59,163
The Norfolk Tug Company 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$4,446
Median for plans this size$2,440
2023$4,446 per active participant
2022$3,084 per active participant

Norfolk Tug Company's 2023 employer contribution ran above the $2,440 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 2023 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20232
JOHN HANCOCK RETIREMENT PLAN SERVIC · Recordkeeping$26,773
RAYMOND JAMES FSA INC · Investment advisory (participants) · Investment advisory (plan)$23,527

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

Administrative cost history2
2023$59,163 · 0.46%
2022$53,940 · 0.43%
Similar plansTransportation & Warehousing · Virginia
Houff Transfer, Inc. VA$21.1M · 0.71%
Aem, Inc. VA$18.6M · 0.36%
Priority One Services, Inc. VA$17.4M · 0.74%
Interchange Group, Inc. VA$9.8M · 0.36%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 541919409 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.