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Salem Electric Company, Inc401(k)

SALEM ELECTRIC COMPANY RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN · WINSTON-SALEM, NC · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.45%

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

Salem Electric Company, Inc reported $67,312 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.45% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $4,080 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 0.445%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other construction employers. By assets it is the 857th-largest of 2,005 plans among North Carolina employers on file, and the 2,400th of 5,337 in construction. In 2024, employees put in $1.37 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 147 to 164 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$15,549,119
Participants with balances184
Active participants164
Employer contributions$669,042
Employee contributions$913,957
Employer contribution per active participant$4,080
Average account balance$84,506
Benefits paid to participants$2,437,883
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorRSM US LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$15.5M · 184 accts · $669K emplr
2023$14.7M · 175 accts · $585K emplr
2022$12.8M · 162 accts · $540K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$40,203
Investment management$27,109
Total administrative$67,312
The Salem Electric Company, Inc 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$4,080
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$4,080 per active participant
2023$2,970 per active participant
2022$3,672 per active participant

Salem Electric Company, Inc's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $2,416 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 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20243
ASCENSUS LLC · Loan processing · Recordkeeping$40,203
ONE DIGITAL INVESTMENT ADVISORS · Investment advisory (plan)$25,483
NEXTCAPITAL GROUP, INC.$1,626

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

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Administrative cost history3
2024$67,312 · 0.45%
2023$57,940 · 0.42%
2022$65,762 · 0.45%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 560633616 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.