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Steel Services LTD401(k)

STEEL PARTNERS 401(K) SAVINGS PLAN · NEW YORK CITY, NY · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.07%

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

Steel Services LTD reported $193,498 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.07% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $1,713 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 0.08% to 0.07%. The plan sits in the $250M–$1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 2,883 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 352nd-largest of 5,648 plans among New York employers on file, and the 881st of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $3.16 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$287,412,653
Participants with balances3,074
Active participants2,702
Employer contributions$4,628,912
Employee contributions$14,637,935
Employer contribution per active participant$1,713
Average account balance$93,498
Benefits paid to participants$38,995,203
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$287.4M · 3,074 accts · $4.6M emplr
2023$263.9M · 3,277 accts · $4.8M emplr
2022$232.4M · 3,137 accts · $4.5M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$108,662
Investment management$51,236
Audit (IQPA)$33,600
Total administrative$193,498
The Steel Services LTD 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,713
Median for plans this size$4,294
2024$1,713 per active participant
2023$1,545 per active participant
2022$1,676 per active participant

Steel Services LTD's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $4,294 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.

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
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$108,662
STRATEGIC ADVISORS, INC. · Investment advisory (plan)$51,236
BAKER TILLY US, LLP · Accounting / audit$33,600

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$193,498 · 0.07%
2023$218,311 · 0.09%
2022$211,574 · 0.08%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 453811142 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.