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Sterling Medical Corporation401(k)

STERLING MEDICAL 401(K) PLAN · CINCINNATI, OH · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.63%

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

Sterling Medical Corporation reported $92,766 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.63% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $35 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 0.68% to 0.63%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other health care & social assistance employers. By assets it is the 1,578th-largest of 3,295 plans among Ohio employers on file, and the 4,424th of 11,911 in health care & social assistance. In 2024, employees put in $56.20 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$15,308,501
Participants with balances332
Active participants648
Employer contributions$22,831
Employee contributions$1,283,155
Employer contribution per active participant$35
Average account balance$46,110
Benefits paid to participants$2,377,763
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$15.3M · 332 accts · $23K emplr
2023$14.3M · 346 accts · $28K emplr
2022$12.8M · 370 accts · $30K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$41,235
Investment management$51,531
Total administrative$92,766
The Sterling Medical Corporation 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$35
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$35 per active participant
2023$45 per active participant
2022$43 per active participant

Sterling Medical 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 · 20242
TRANSAMERICA RETIREMENT SOLUTIONS · Recordkeeping · Loan processing$41,235
NFP RETIREMENT INC · Consulting · Insurance services$51,531

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Transamerica
2023Transamerica

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Administrative cost history3
2024$92,766 · 0.63%
2023$90,328 · 0.67%
2022$100,678 · 0.68%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 311278260 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.