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Southern States Packaging, Inc.401(k)

SOUTHERN STATES PACKAGING 401(K) PLAN · SPARTANBURG, SC · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.24%

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

Southern States Packaging, Inc. reported $26,158 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.24% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $712 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 0.24%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 394th-largest of 807 plans among South Carolina employers on file, and 8,070th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $6.36 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$11,866,874
Participants with balances161
Active participants161
Employer contributions$114,558
Employee contributions$728,658
Employer contribution per active participant$712
Average account balance$73,707
Benefits paid to participants$678,429
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$11.9M · 161 accts · $115K emplr
2023$10.1M · 160 accts · $106K emplr
2022$7.9M · 165 accts · $103K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$7,703
Investment management$18,455
Total administrative$26,158
The Southern States Packaging, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$712
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$712 per active participant
2023$700 per active participant
2022$701 per active participant

Southern States Packaging, 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.

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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 · 20241
ALERUS FINANCIAL, N.A. · Recordkeeping · Trustee$26,158

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Alerus
2023Alerus

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Administrative cost history3
2024$26,158 · 0.24%
2023$22,729 · 0.25%
2022$21,981 · 0.25%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 570401494 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.