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Southland Utility Services, Inc.401(k)

SOUTHLAND UTILITY SERVICES, INC. RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN · DEFUNIAK SPRINGS, FL · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
1.25%

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

Southland Utility Services, Inc. reported $13,375 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 1.25% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $773 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 rose from 1.09% to 1.25%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 22,307 comparable plans and shown alongside other utilities employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Florida (3,315th of 3,644), and 407th of 412 in utilities. In 2023, employees put in $1.63 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$1,185,481
Participants with balances85
Active participants67
Employer contributions$51,760
Employee contributions$84,251
Employer contribution per active participant$773
Average account balance$13,947
Benefits paid to participants$57,470
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorPURVIS GRAY & COMPANY, LLP
Plan history2
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2023$1.2M · 85 accts · $52K emplr
2022$961K · 123 accts · $47K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Recordkeeping & contract admin$11,843
Investment management$1,532
Total administrative$13,375
The Southland Utility Services, Inc. 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$773
Median for plans this size$1,308
2023$773 per active participant
2022$860 per active participant

Southland Utility Services, Inc.'s 2023 employer contribution ran below the $1,308 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 2023 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20232
SLAVIC INTEGRATED ADMINISTRATION · Recordkeeping · Loan processing$7,934
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$3,484

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

Administrative cost history2
2023$13,375 · 1.25%
2022$12,151 · 1.09%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 593508830 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.