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Sterling Corporation401(k)

STERLING EMPLOYEE SAVINGS PLAN · BILLERICA, MA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.60%

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

Sterling Corporation reported $106,133 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.60% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $746 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 0.75% to 0.60%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other transportation & warehousing employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Massachusetts (1,371st of 2,726), and the 779th of 2,677 in transportation & warehousing. In 2024, employees put in $8.39 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$18,643,979
Participants with balances168
Active participants132
Employer contributions$98,534
Employee contributions$827,089
Employer contribution per active participant$746
Average account balance$110,976
Benefits paid to participants$815,571
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$18.6M · 168 accts · $99K emplr
2023$16.9M · 176 accts · $101K emplr
2022$15.2M · 174 accts · $95K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$102,808
Total administrative$106,133
The Sterling Corporation 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$746
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$746 per active participant
2023$723 per active participant
2022$717 per active participant

Sterling Corporation'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 · 20241
EDELMAN FINANCIAL ENGINES, LLC · Contract administrator · Recordkeeping$98,083

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024EDELMAN FINANCIAL ENGINES, LLC
2023NEW ENGLAND PENSION PLAN SYSTEMS,L

This plan has changed recordkeepers within these filings. If you left Sterling Corporation before a switch, your account may sit at the earlier firm or in a rollover IRA. Looking for an account from a past job here? How to find an old 401(k).

Administrative cost history3
2024$106,133 · 0.60%
2023$123,333 · 0.77%
2022$99,585 · 0.75%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 042890273 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.