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Salem Holding Company401(k)

SALEM HOLDING COMPANY 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN · WINSTON-SALEM, NC · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.34%

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

Salem Holding Company reported $114,975 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.34% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $660 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 2 years on file its reported administrative ratio rose from 0.32% to 0.34%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other wholesale trade employers. By assets it is the 497th-largest of 2,005 plans among North Carolina employers on file, and the 1,169th of 4,246 in wholesale trade. In 2024, employees put in $5.55 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$34,808,263
Participants with balances920
Active participants828
Employer contributions$546,380
Employee contributions$3,032,584
Employer contribution per active participant$660
Average account balance$37,835
Benefits paid to participants$4,612,448
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$34.8M · 920 accts · $546K emplr
2023$32.3M · 1,088 accts · $674K emplr
2022$27.8M · 1,115 accts · $655K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$114,975
Total administrative$114,975
The Salem Holding Company 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$660
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$660 per active participant
2023$839 per active participant
2022$806 per active participant

Salem Holding Company's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 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 · 20241
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator · Loan processing$114,975

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$114,975 · 0.34%
2023$107,442 · 0.36%
2022$84,411 · 0.32%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 561740888 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.