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Sterling Bay, LLC401(k)

STERLING BAY, LLC 401(K) PLAN · CHICAGO, IL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.43%

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

Sterling Bay, LLC reported $60,279 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.43% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $4,864 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 0.46% to 0.43%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other real estate & leasing employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Illinois (2,020th of 3,702), and the 861st of 2,096 in real estate & leasing. In 2024, employees put in $2.51 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 132 to 103 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$14,670,007
Participants with balances173
Active participants103
Employer contributions$500,980
Employee contributions$1,259,279
Employer contribution per active participant$4,864
Average account balance$84,798
Benefits paid to participants$2,564,790
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$14.7M · 173 accts · $501K emplr
2023$13.3M · 161 accts · $686K emplr
2022$9.7M · 153 accts · $587K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$3,498
Investment management$56,781
Total administrative$60,279
The Sterling Bay, LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$4,864
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$4,864 per active participant
2023$5,766 per active participant
2022$4,444 per active participant

Sterling Bay, LLC'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 · 20242
WILLIAM BLAIR & CO. · Investment advisory (plan)$54,690
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$3,498

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$60,279 · 0.43%
2023$51,582 · 0.45%
2022$54,051 · 0.46%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 364823717 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.