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Superior Technical Ceramics Corporation401(k)

SUPERIOR TECHNICAL CERAMICS CORPORATION 401(K) PLAN · ST. ALBANS, VT · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.23%

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

Superior Technical Ceramics Corporation reported $48,272 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.23% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $3,555 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 0.23% to 0.25%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 26,779 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 87th-largest of 230 plans among Vermont employers on file, and the 5,599th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2023, employees put in $1.65 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$21,842,218
Participants with balances285
Active participants171
Employer contributions$607,868
Employee contributions$1,003,687
Employer contribution per active participant$3,555
Average account balance$76,639
Benefits paid to participants$2,700,305
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorKITTELL BRANAGAN & SARGENT
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$18.5M · 297 accts · $591K emplr
2023$21.8M · 285 accts · $608K emplr
2022$19.4M · 285 accts · $509K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Recordkeeping & contract admin$48,272
Total administrative$48,272
The Superior Technical Ceramics Corporation 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$3,555
Median for plans this size$2,440
2024$3,890 per active participant
2023$3,555 per active participant
2022$2,768 per active participant

Superior Technical Ceramics Corporation's 2023 employer contribution ran above the $2,440 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.

What these fees cost you

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

Administrative cost history3
2024$51,152 · 0.25%
2023$48,272 · 0.23%
2022$48,980 · 0.23%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 221543838 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.