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Steel Painters LLC401(k)

SPI GROUP 401(K) PLAN · BEAUMONT, TX · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.95%

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

Steel Painters LLC reported $45,281 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.95% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,745 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 rose from 0.84% to 0.95%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Texas (4,001st of 5,688), and 11,102nd of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $1.95 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$5,195,371
Participants with balances197
Active participants165
Employer contributions$287,890
Employee contributions$562,033
Employer contribution per active participant$1,745
Average account balance$26,372
Benefits paid to participants$537,114
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorCOOK PARKER AND ASSOCIATES, LLC
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$5.2M · 197 accts · $288K emplr
2023$4.3M · 172 accts · $228K emplr
2022$3.4M · 185 accts · $270K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$44,317
Investment management$964
Total administrative$45,281
The Steel Painters LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,745
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$1,745 per active participant
2023$1,654 per active participant
2022$1,698 per active participant

Steel Painters LLC's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $1,313 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.

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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
JOHN HANCOCK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Recordkeeping · Investment management$42,442

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024John Hancock
2023John Hancock

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Administrative cost history3
2024$45,281 · 0.95%
2023$41,999 · 1.08%
2022$29,578 · 0.84%
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Cabinet Specialists TX$5.2M · 0.93%
County Services, Inc. TX$5.1M · 0.80%
Womble Company, Inc. TX$5.1M · 0.93%
Laguna Tools, Inc. TX$5.1M · 1.35%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 760115928 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.