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Steinway Musical Instruments, Inc.401(k)

SAVINGS PLAN FOR EMPLOYEES OF STEINWAY MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES · ASTORIA, NY · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.24%

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

Steinway Musical Instruments, Inc. reported $106,591 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.24% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $6,346 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 3 years on file its reported administrative ratio has held roughly steady near 0.237%. 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 1,412th-largest of 5,648 plans among New York employers on file, and the 3,273rd of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $1.35 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$47,620,392
Participants with balances264
Active participants187
Employer contributions$1,186,686
Employee contributions$1,600,811
Employer contribution per active participant$6,346
Average account balance$180,380
Benefits paid to participants$3,495,282
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorAAFCPA'S, INC.
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$47.6M · 264 accts · $1.2M emplr
2023$42.5M · 293 accts · $1.2M emplr
2022$36.1M · 292 accts · $1.2M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$36,305
Investment management$40,000
Audit (IQPA)$16,800
Trustee / custodial$13,486
Total administrative$106,591
The Steinway Musical Instruments, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$6,346
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$6,346 per active participant
2023$6,934 per active participant
2022$6,646 per active participant

Steinway Musical Instruments, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran above the $2,416 median for plans its size, placing it in the top 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 · 20245
SENTINEL BENEFITS GROUP, INC. · Recordkeeping$36,305
SHEPARD, KAPLAN, KROCHUCK, LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$40,000
MAZARS USA LLP · Accounting / audit$16,800
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS · Custodial (securities)$7,170
RELIANCE TRUST · Trustee$6,316

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Sentinel Group
2023Sentinel Group

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Administrative cost history3
2024$106,591 · 0.24%
2023$103,539 · 0.26%
2022$98,186 · 0.24%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 351910745 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.