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Star Manufacturing, LLC401(k)

STAR MANUFACTURING, LLC PROFIT SHARING/ 401(K) PLAN AND TRUST · YOUNGSTOWN, OH · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.51%

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

Star Manufacturing, LLC reported $66,443 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.51% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $3,424 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 0.70% to 0.51%. 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 among the smaller plans on file in Ohio (1,725th of 3,295), and 7,650th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $1.03 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 166 to 145 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$13,205,439
Participants with balances193
Active participants145
Employer contributions$496,413
Employee contributions$512,701
Employer contribution per active participant$3,424
Average account balance$68,422
Benefits paid to participants$2,156,384
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorSCHROEDEL,SCULLIN,&BESTIC LLC
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$13.2M · 193 accts · $496K emplr
2023$13.1M · 202 accts · $498K emplr
2022$12.0M · 195 accts · $510K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$57,423
Investment management$9,020
Total administrative$66,443
The Star Manufacturing, LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$3,424
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$3,424 per active participant
2023$2,876 per active participant
2022$3,070 per active participant

Star Manufacturing, LLC'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 · 20243
USI SECURITIES INC · Investment advisory (plan)$8,352
EVESTMENT RETIREMENT SOLUTIONS · Investment advisory (plan)$668

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$66,443 · 0.51%
2023$93,470 · 0.75%
2022$94,586 · 0.70%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 813689382 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.