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Step Energy Services (USA) LTD.401(k)

STEP ENERGY SERVICES (USA) 401(K) PLAN · SPRING, TX · plan year 2025

Reported admin expense ratio · 2025
0.44%

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

Step Energy Services (USA) LTD. reported $47,536 in plan administrative expenses for 2025: 0.44% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $2,830 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 rose from 0.27% to 0.44%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 1,620 comparable plans and shown alongside other administrative & support services employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Texas (2,868th of 5,688), and the 924th of 2,534 in administrative & support services. In 2025, employees put in $1.82 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 551 to 199 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$11,513,496
Participants with balances210
Active participants199
Employer contributions$563,080
Employee contributions$1,026,357
Employer contribution per active participant$2,830
Average account balance$54,826
Benefits paid to participants$2,060,300
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$11.5M · 210 accts · $563K emplr
2024$10.1M · 243 accts · $706K emplr
2023$10.4M · 271 accts · $852K emplr
2022$7.6M · 257 accts · $643K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2025
Recordkeeping & contract admin$44,864
Investment management$2,672
Total administrative$47,536
The Step Energy Services (USA) LTD. 401(k) match · 2025
Employer contribution per active participant$2,830
Median for plans this size$2,666
2025$2,830 per active participant
2024$2,285 per active participant
2023$1,764 per active participant
2022$1,168 per active participant

Step Energy Services (USA) LTD.'s 2025 employer contribution ran above the $2,666 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 2025 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20253
GALLAGHER BENEFIT SERVICES INC DBA · Investment advisory (plan)$23,636
EMPOWER ADVISORY GROUP, LLC · Investment management$2,672

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

Administrative cost history4
2025$47,536 · 0.44%
2024$31,549 · 0.31%
2023$31,214 · 0.35%
2022$22,204 · 0.27%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 371775333 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.