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Palmetto Synthetics LLC401(k)

PALMETTO SYNTHETICS, LLC 401K PLAN · KINGSTREE, SC · plan year 2022

Reported admin expense ratio · 2022
0.19%

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

Palmetto Synthetics LLC reported $8,237 in plan administrative expenses for 2022: 0.19% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $1,194 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 0.19% to 0.21%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 30,021 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in South Carolina (600th of 807), and 11,698th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2022, employees put in $2.08 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$4,071,510
Participants with balances128
Active participants153
Employer contributions$182,623
Employee contributions$379,137
Employer contribution per active participant$1,194
Average account balance$31,809
Benefits paid to participants$444,487
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorABERNETHY & COMPANY P.C.
Plan history2
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2023$3.9M · 94 accts · $155K emplr
2022$4.1M · 128 accts · $183K emplr
The Palmetto Synthetics LLC 401(k) match · 2022
Employer contribution per active participant$1,194
Median for plans this size$1,114
2023$1,339 per active participant
2022$1,194 per active participant

Palmetto Synthetics LLC's 2022 employer contribution ran above the $1,114 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.

What these fees cost you

Annual cost at the plan's reported 2022 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Administrative cost history2
2023$8,158 · 0.21%
2022$8,237 · 0.19%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 621731448 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.