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Solar Atmospheres Inc.401(k)

SOLAR ATMOSPHERES INC. 401K PROFIT SHARING PLAN · SOUDERTON, PA · plan year 2025

Reported admin expense ratio · 2025
0.35%

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

Solar Atmospheres Inc. reported $175,569 in plan administrative expenses for 2025: 0.35% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $3,215 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 fell from 0.53% to 0.35%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 605 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 734th-largest of 3,651 plans among Pennsylvania employers on file, and the 2,959th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2025, employees put in $2.16 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 294 to 373 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$54,413,180
Participants with balances303
Active participants373
Employer contributions$1,199,183
Employee contributions$2,587,540
Employer contribution per active participant$3,215
Average account balance$179,581
Benefits paid to participants$2,720,725
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$54.4M · 303 accts · $1.2M emplr
2024$46.5M · 288 accts · $1.1M emplr
2023$40.7M · 269 accts · $1.0M emplr
2022$34.9M · 253 accts · $876K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2025
Recordkeeping & contract admin$175,569
Total administrative$175,569
The Solar Atmospheres Inc. 401(k) match · 2025
Employer contribution per active participant$3,215
Median for plans this size$4,093
2025$3,215 per active participant
2024$2,956 per active participant
2023$3,298 per active participant
2022$2,980 per active participant

Solar Atmospheres Inc.'s 2025 employer contribution ran below the $4,093 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 2025 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20255
GIRARD ADVISORY SERVICES, LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$51,816
CARON & BLETZER, PLLC · Accounting / audit$14,300
THE RETIREMENT PLAN COMPANY LLC · Contract administrator$3,702
THE PARAGON ALLIANCE GROUP, LLC · Contract administratorindirect comp

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

Administrative cost history4
2025$175,569 · 0.35%
2024$188,446 · 0.43%
2023$197,799 · 0.52%
2022$198,159 · 0.53%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 232363698 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.