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Salem Tools, Inc.401(k)

SALEM TOOLS, INC. 401(K) PLAN · SALEM, VA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.17%

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

Salem Tools, Inc. reported $25,092 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.17% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $2,917 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 fell from 0.18% to 0.17%. 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 among the smaller plans on file in Virginia (1,173rd of 2,266), and 2,349th of 4,246 in wholesale trade. In 2024, employees put in $2.46 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 94 to 72 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$15,166,619
Participants with balances183
Active participants72
Employer contributions$210,058
Employee contributions$517,726
Employer contribution per active participant$2,917
Average account balance$82,878
Benefits paid to participants$834,695
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$15.2M · 183 accts · $210K emplr
2023$14.6M · 182 accts · $218K emplr
2022$13.2M · 182 accts · $199K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$25,092
Total administrative$25,092
The Salem Tools, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,917
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$2,917 per active participant
2023$2,623 per active participant
2022$2,114 per active participant

Salem Tools, 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.

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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
ADP, INC. · Loan processing · Recordkeeping$25,092

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024ADP
2023ADP

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Administrative cost history3
2024$25,092 · 0.17%
2023$24,668 · 0.18%
2022$24,288 · 0.18%
Similar plansWholesale Trade · Virginia
Afp Industries, Inc. VA$17.6M · 0.40%
Guernsey, Inc. VA$17.5M · 0.31%
Tiger Fuel Company VA$16.9M · 0.03%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 540885549 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.