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Pioneer Sand Company, Inc.401(k)

PIONEER SAND COMPANY, INC. 401(K) PLAN · HIGHLANDS RANCH, CO · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.12%

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

Pioneer Sand Company, Inc. reported $11,449 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.12% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $764 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 fell from 0.21% to 0.12%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 22,307 comparable plans and shown alongside other retail trade employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Colorado (791st of 1,461), and 2,617th of 5,215 in retail trade. In 2023, employees put in $2.00 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 581 to 455 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$10,056,077
Participants with balances317
Active participants455
Employer contributions$347,742
Employee contributions$696,729
Employer contribution per active participant$764
Average account balance$31,723
Benefits paid to participants$1,746,068
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$0 · $131K emplr
2023$10.1M · 317 accts · $348K emplr
2022$9.2M · 346 accts · $608K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Recordkeeping & contract admin$11,449
Total administrative$11,449
The Pioneer Sand Company, Inc. 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$764
Median for plans this size$1,308
2023$764 per active participant
2022$1,047 per active participant

Pioneer Sand Company, Inc.'s 2023 employer contribution ran below the $1,308 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 2023 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20231
MINNESOTA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator · Recordkeeping$11,449

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024The Standard
2023Securian

This plan has changed recordkeepers within these filings. If you left Pioneer Sand Company, Inc. before a switch, your account may sit at the earlier firm or in a rollover IRA. Looking for an account from a past job here? How to find an old 401(k).

Administrative cost history3
2024Not separately reported
2023$11,449 · 0.12%
2022$19,620 · 0.21%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 840636660 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.