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Scrap Metal Services, L.L.C.401(k)

SCRAP METAL SERVICES 401(K) PLAN & TRUST · EAST CHICAGO, IN · plan year 2021

Reported admin expense ratio · 2021
0.78%

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

Scrap Metal Services, L.L.C. reported $50,476 in plan administrative expenses for 2021: 0.78% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $798 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 1 year on file its reported administrative ratio fell from 0.78% to 0.72%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 289 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Indiana (1,063rd of 1,562), and 10,333rd of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2021, employees put in $1.84 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$6,689,871
Participants with balances83
Active participants221
Employer contributions$176,409
Employee contributions$325,178
Employer contribution per active participant$798
Average account balance$80,601
Benefits paid to participants$846,231
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorMILLER COOPER & CO., LTD.
Plan history2
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2022$5.1M · 80 accts · $201K emplr
2021$6.7M · 83 accts · $176K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2021
Recordkeeping & contract admin$27,042
Investment management$23,326
Total administrative$50,476
The Scrap Metal Services, L.L.C. 401(k) match · 2021
Employer contribution per active participant$798
Median for plans this size$994
2022$1,398 per active participant
2021$798 per active participant

Scrap Metal Services, L.L.C.'s 2021 employer contribution ran below the $994 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 2021 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Administrative cost history2
2022$42,725 · 0.72%
2021$50,476 · 0.78%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 203863029 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.