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Southern Mail Service, Inc.Profit-sharing plan

SOUTHERN MAIL SERVICE, INC. RETIREMENT PLAN · CONROE, TX · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
2.39%

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

Southern Mail Service, Inc. reported $262,624 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 2.39% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $2,999 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 2.16% to 1.72%. 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 Texas (2,899th of 5,688), and the 1,082nd of 2,677 in transportation & warehousing. In 2024, the employer put in $3.36 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves; active participation has shrunk from 762 to 655 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$11,273,212
Participants with balances738
Active participants655
Employer contributions$1,964,166
Employee contributions$584,323
Employer contribution per active participant$2,999
Average account balance$15,275
Benefits paid to participants$2,915,103
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$10.9M · 660 accts · $1.3M emplr
2024$11.3M · 738 accts · $2.0M emplr
2023$10.7M · 717 accts · $1.7M emplr
2022$10.0M · 750 accts · $1.7M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$195,690
Investment management$66,934
Total administrative$262,624
Employer contributions to the Southern Mail Service, Inc. plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,999
Median for plans this size$2,416
2025$2,251 per active participant
2024$2,999 per active participant
2023$2,161 per active participant
2022$2,230 per active participant

Southern Mail Service, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran above the $2,416 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 · 20245
ASSURED PARTNERS CAPITAL, INC · Investment advisory (plan)$54,627
PREMIER RETIREMENT PARTNERS LLC · Contract administrator$40,757
EMPOWER ADVISORY GROUP, LLC · Investment management$7,124
LEAFHOUSE FINANCIAL ADVISORS, LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$5,417

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$191,146 · 1.72%
2024$262,624 · 2.39%
2023$226,358 · 2.18%
2022$241,394 · 2.16%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 751482649 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.