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Sterling International, Inc.401(k)

STERLING INTERNATIONAL, INC. 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN & TRUST · SPOKANE, WA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.03%

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

Sterling International, Inc. reported $2,320 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.03% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,321 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 0.01% to 0.03%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Washington (1,211th of 1,714), and 9,988th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $1.78 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 212 to 245 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$7,338,154
Participants with balances140
Active participants245
Employer contributions$323,533
Employee contributions$576,152
Employer contribution per active participant$1,321
Average account balance$52,415
Benefits paid to participants$764,769
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorANASTASI MOORE MARTIN
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$7.3M · 140 accts · $324K emplr
2023$6.3M · 128 accts · $277K emplr
2022$4.6M · 122 accts · $232K emplr
The Sterling International, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,321
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$1,321 per active participant
2023$1,257 per active participant
2022$1,096 per active participant

Sterling International, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran above the $1,313 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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Service providers · 20241
EMPLOYEE FIDUCIARY · Recordkeeping · Loan processingindirect comp

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024EMPLOYEE FIDUCIARY
2023EMPLOYEE FIDUCIARY

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Administrative cost history3
2024$2,320 · 0.03%
2023$1,200 · 0.02%
2022$700 · 0.01%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 911175275 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.