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Olympic Steel, Inc.401(k)

OLYMPIC STEEL, INC. EMPLOYEES 401(K) RETIREMENT PLAN · HIGHLAND HILLS, OH · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.29%

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

Olympic Steel, Inc. reported $262,467 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.29% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,653 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 0.29%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 385th-largest of 3,295 plans among Ohio employers on file, and the 1,972nd of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $2.91 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$95,634,385
Participants with balances1,327
Active participants1,167
Employer contributions$1,929,261
Employee contributions$5,613,475
Employer contribution per active participant$1,653
Average account balance$72,068
Benefits paid to participants$11,554,606
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorBOBER MARKEY FEDOROVICH
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$95.6M · 1,327 accts · $1.9M emplr
2023$87.7M · 1,539 accts · $1.5M emplr
2022$74.1M · 1,239 accts · $1.6M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$146,888
Investment management$96,220
Audit (IQPA)$18,300
Total administrative$262,467
The Olympic Steel, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,653
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$1,653 per active participant
2023$1,239 per active participant
2022$1,292 per active participant

Olympic Steel, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $3,635 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 · 20244
CAPFINANCIAL PARTNERS LLC DBA CAPTR · Investment advisory (plan)$96,220
BOBER MARKEY FEDOROVICH & COMPANY · Accounting / audit$18,300
DEFINITI LLC$1,059

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$262,467 · 0.29%
2023$275,822 · 0.34%
2022$253,889 · 0.30%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 341245650 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.