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Step by Step, Inc.401(k)

RETIREMENT PLAN FOR EMPLOYEES OF STEP BY STEP, INC · WILKES BARRE, PA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.39%

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

Step by Step, Inc. reported $87,122 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.39% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $1,055 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 0.21% to 0.39%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other health care & social assistance employers. By assets it is the 1,393rd-largest of 3,651 plans among Pennsylvania employers on file, and the 3,274th of 11,911 in health care & social assistance. In 2024, the employer put in $1.46 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves; active participation has grown from 1,198 to 1,358 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$23,791,604
Participants with balances1,231
Active participants1,358
Employer contributions$1,432,569
Employee contributions$984,280
Employer contribution per active participant$1,055
Average account balance$19,327
Benefits paid to participants$2,612,740
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$23.8M · 1,231 accts · $1.4M emplr
2023$21.4M · 1,152 accts · $1.4M emplr
2022$19.3M · 1,002 accts · $1.2M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$83,033
Investment management$4,089
Total administrative$87,122
The Step by Step, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,055
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$1,055 per active participant
2023$1,025 per active participant
2022$975 per active participant

Step by Step, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 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 · 20244
EMPOWER ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY · Investment management$4,089
THE PARAGON ALLIANCE GROUP, LLC · Contract administratorindirect comp
TBS AGENCY INCindirect comp

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$87,122 · 0.39%
2023$26,195 · 0.13%
2022$37,984 · 0.21%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 232053563 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.