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Schuster Co Inc401(k)

SCHUSTER CO INC 401(K) P/S · LEMARS, IA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.55%

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

Schuster Co Inc reported $79,044 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.55% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,096 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 0.55%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other transportation & warehousing employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Iowa (482nd of 878), and the 891st of 2,677 in transportation & warehousing. In 2024, employees put in $3.97 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$15,342,673
Participants with balances488
Active participants450
Employer contributions$493,186
Employee contributions$1,958,212
Employer contribution per active participant$1,096
Average account balance$31,440
Benefits paid to participants$1,878,763
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorDELPERDANG, SCHUH & CO PC
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$15.3M · 488 accts · $493K emplr
2023$13.4M · 509 accts · $417K emplr
2022$11.0M · 509 accts · $414K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Investment management$72,005
Trustee / custodial$7,039
Total administrative$79,044
The Schuster Co Inc 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,096
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$1,096 per active participant
2023$929 per active participant
2022$880 per active participant

Schuster Co Inc'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 · 20243
SECURITY NATIONAL BANK · Investment management · Trustee$72,005
CHARLES SCHWAB TRUST BANK · Custodial (securities)$7,039
CHARLES SCHWAB & CO INC · Custodial (securities)indirect comp

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$79,044 · 0.55%
2023$68,444 · 0.56%
2022$63,748 · 0.54%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 420933522 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.