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Ohio Steel Industries401(k)

OHIO STEEL INDUSTRIES 401(K) PLAN · COLUMBUS, OH · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.66%

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

Ohio Steel Industries reported $43,353 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.66% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $1,364 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 3 years on file its reported administrative ratio has held roughly steady near 0.66%. 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 (2,320th of 3,295), and 10,246th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $2.26 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 218 to 172 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$6,883,112
Participants with balances241
Active participants172
Employer contributions$234,668
Employee contributions$530,885
Employer contribution per active participant$1,364
Average account balance$28,561
Benefits paid to participants$788,610
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorWHALEN CPAS
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$6.9M · 241 accts · $235K emplr
2023$6.2M · 248 accts · $209K emplr
2022$4.9M · 456 accts · $160K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$27,980
Investment management$15,373
Total administrative$43,353
The Ohio Steel Industries 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,364
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$1,364 per active participant
2023$1,110 per active participant
2022$732 per active participant

Ohio Steel Industries's 2024 employer contribution ran above 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.

Service providers · 20242
EMPOWER ADVISORY GROUP, LLC · Investment management$15,373

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$43,353 · 0.66%
2023$42,029 · 0.76%
2022$37,661 · 0.67%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 314427476 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.