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Sterling Area Health Center403(b)

STERLING AREA HEALTH CENTER 403B · STERLING, MI · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.44%

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

Sterling Area Health Center reported $28,823 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.44% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $938 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 0.41%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 22,307 comparable plans and shown alongside other health care & social assistance employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Michigan (1,786th of 2,619), and 6,851st of 11,911 in health care & social assistance. In 2023, employees put in $2.44 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 148 to 124 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$7,036,745
Participants with balances167
Active participants124
Employer contributions$116,251
Employee contributions$283,883
Employer contribution per active participant$938
Average account balance$42,136
Benefits paid to participants$199,945
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$6.6M · 168 accts · $314K emplr
2023$7.0M · 167 accts · $116K emplr
2022$6.0M · 149 accts · $84K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Recordkeeping & contract admin$28,823
Total administrative$28,823
Employer contributions to the Sterling Area Health Center plan · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$938
Median for plans this size$1,308
2024$2,708 per active participant
2023$938 per active participant
2022$570 per active participant

Sterling Area Health Center's 2023 employer contribution ran below the $1,308 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.

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Annual cost at the plan's reported 2023 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20231
VOYA RETIREMENT INSURANCE · Plan administrator$28,617

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$27,910 · 0.41%
2023$28,823 · 0.44%
2022$26,421 · 0.42%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 382205859 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.