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Samuel, Son & Co. (USA) Inc.401(k)

SAMUEL SON & CO (USA) INC. 401(K) PLAN · WOODRIDGE, IL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.23%

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

Samuel, Son & Co. (USA) Inc. reported $451,843 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.23% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $2,826 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 0.34% to 0.23%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 334th-largest of 3,702 plans among Illinois employers on file, and the 1,161st of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $1.66 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 3,178 to 2,684 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$201,539,962
Participants with balances3,218
Active participants2,684
Employer contributions$7,585,473
Employee contributions$12,583,468
Employer contribution per active participant$2,826
Average account balance$62,629
Benefits paid to participants$32,707,492
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$201.5M · 3,218 accts · $7.6M emplr
2023$192.9M · 3,750 accts · $7.5M emplr
2022$178.1M · 3,755 accts · $7.2M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$207,738
Investment management$244,105
Total administrative$451,843
The Samuel, Son & Co. (USA) Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,826
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$2,826 per active participant
2023$2,488 per active participant
2022$2,255 per active participant

Samuel, Son & Co. (USA) Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $3,635 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
MERCER INVESTMENTS, LLC · Consulting · Insurance services$233,775
EMPOWER ADVISORY GROUP, LLC · Investment management$10,330

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$451,843 · 0.23%
2023$759,917 · 0.41%
2022$679,871 · 0.34%
All plans at this employer2
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 061251791 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.