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Smith Industrial Service, Inc.401(k)

SMITH INDUSTRIAL SERVICE, INC. 401(K) PLAN · MOBILE, AL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.66%

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

Smith Industrial Service, Inc. reported $59,506 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.66% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $1,459 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 0.69% to 0.66%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other administrative & support services employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Alabama (460th of 902), and the 1,002nd of 2,534 in administrative & support services. In 2024, employees put in $1.57 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 263 to 340 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$10,084,939
Participants with balances177
Active participants340
Employer contributions$496,106
Employee contributions$779,538
Employer contribution per active participant$1,459
Average account balance$56,977
Benefits paid to participants$601,725
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorSMITH DUKES & BUCKALEW LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$10.1M · 177 accts · $496K emplr
2023$8.0M · 163 accts · $431K emplr
2022$6.2M · 155 accts · $276K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$22,413
Investment management$34,502
Trustee / custodial$2,591
Total administrative$59,506
The Smith Industrial Service, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,459
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$1,459 per active participant
2023$1,414 per active participant
2022$1,049 per active participant

Smith Industrial Service, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran above the $1,313 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
NEWPORT GROUP, INC. · Claims processing · Recordkeeping$22,413
MITCHELL MCLEOD PUGH & WILLIAMS · Investment advisory (participants) · Investment advisory (plan)$34,502

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Newport (Ascensus)
2023Newport (Ascensus)

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Administrative cost history3
2024$59,506 · 0.66%
2023$49,540 · 0.70%
2022$47,506 · 0.69%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 272045976 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.