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Steele Solutions, Inc.401(k)

SSI 401(K) PLAN · SOUTH MILWAUKEE, WI · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.48%

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

Steele Solutions, Inc. reported $118,775 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.48% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $2,795 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 0.75% to 0.48%. 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 629th-largest of 1,936 plans among Wisconsin employers on file, and the 4,449th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $1.90 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 368 to 409 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$30,305,167
Participants with balances457
Active participants409
Employer contributions$1,143,025
Employee contributions$2,172,842
Employer contribution per active participant$2,795
Average account balance$66,313
Benefits paid to participants$1,996,869
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$30.3M · 457 accts · $1.1M emplr
2023$19.1M · 341 accts · $792K emplr
2022$15.0M · 439 accts · $974K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$76,651
Investment management$24,743
Audit (IQPA)$17,381
Total administrative$118,775
The Steele Solutions, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,795
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$2,795 per active participant
2023$2,649 per active participant
2022$2,648 per active participant

Steele Solutions, Inc.'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
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator · Loan processing$76,650
NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL WEALTH MGMT · Investment advisory (plan)$24,736
BAKER TILLY US, LLP · Accounting / audit$17,387

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$118,775 · 0.48%
2023$131,237 · 0.77%
2022$113,615 · 0.75%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 812440527 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.