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Steel Technologies LLC401(k)

STEEL TECHNOLOGIES LLC RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN · LOUISVILLE, KY · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.17%

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

Steel Technologies LLC reported $283,943 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.17% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $2,302 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 0.10% to 0.17%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 46th-largest of 871 plans among Kentucky employers on file, and the 1,198th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $1.83 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 1,547 to 1,867 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$190,576,527
Participants with balances1,812
Active participants1,867
Employer contributions$4,297,381
Employee contributions$7,856,550
Employer contribution per active participant$2,302
Average account balance$105,175
Benefits paid to participants$27,604,767
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$190.6M · 1,812 accts · $4.3M emplr
2023$148.9M · 1,545 accts · $3.5M emplr
2022$133.3M · 1,530 accts · $3.6M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$122,586
Investment management$145,193
Audit (IQPA)$13,561
Total administrative$283,943
The Steel Technologies LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,302
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$2,302 per active participant
2023$2,205 per active participant
2022$2,301 per active participant

Steel Technologies LLC's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $3,635 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 · 20244
EMPOWER ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY · Recordkeeping · Loan processing$122,586
EMPOWER ADVISORY GROUP, LLC · Investment management$129,693
BERGANKDV LTD$15,500
CHERRY BEKAERT LLP$13,561

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Empower
2023Empower

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Administrative cost history3
2024$283,943 · 0.17%
2023$133,762 · 0.09%
2022$141,253 · 0.10%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 610712014 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.