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Schmidbauer Lumber, Inc.401(k)

SCHMIDBAUER LUMBER SAWMILLS 401(K) PLAN · EUREKA, CA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.42%

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

Schmidbauer Lumber, Inc. reported $290,076 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.42% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $2,433 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 0.37% to 0.42%. 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 1,314th-largest of 9,483 plans among California employers on file, and the 2,431st of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $1.89 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 523 to 599 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$71,515,194
Participants with balances754
Active participants599
Employer contributions$1,457,641
Employee contributions$2,750,508
Employer contribution per active participant$2,433
Average account balance$94,848
Benefits paid to participants$6,833,198
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$71.5M · 754 accts · $1.5M emplr
2023$66.3M · 754 accts · $3.0M emplr
2022$60.1M · 664 accts · $7.9M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$58,532
Investment management$170,376
Total administrative$290,076
The Schmidbauer Lumber, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,433
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$2,433 per active participant
2023$5,177 per active participant
2022$15,039 per active participant

Schmidbauer Lumber, 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 · 20242
MORGAN STANLEY · Investment advisory (plan)$170,377
BIDWELL CONSULTING SERVICES INC$61,168

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$290,076 · 0.42%
2023$250,343 · 0.40%
2022$228,769 · 0.37%
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Virco Mfg. Corporation CA$69.4M · 0.30%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 942196486 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.