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Specialty Steel Works Incorporated401(k)

SPECIALTY STEEL WORKS INCORPORATED 401(K) RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN · HAMMOND, IN · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.08%

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

Specialty Steel Works Incorporated reported $39,495 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.08% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $2,913 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 0.16% to 0.08%. 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 288th-largest of 1,562 plans among Indiana employers on file, and the 3,108th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $2.26 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$50,886,613
Participants with balances319
Active participants221
Employer contributions$643,770
Employee contributions$1,457,254
Employer contribution per active participant$2,913
Average account balance$159,519
Benefits paid to participants$5,361,885
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorLVBW LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$50.9M · 319 accts · $644K emplr
2023$46.6M · 326 accts · $872K emplr
2022$40.8M · 353 accts · $1.0M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$10,531
Investment management$28,964
Total administrative$39,495
The Specialty Steel Works Incorporated 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,913
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$2,913 per active participant
2023$4,074 per active participant
2022$4,658 per active participant

Specialty Steel Works Incorporated'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 · 20242
GLOBAL RETIREMENT PARTNERS, LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$28,964
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$10,531

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

Administrative cost history3
2024$39,495 · 0.08%
2023$66,018 · 0.15%
2022$72,111 · 0.16%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 264430641 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.