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Tidewater Barge Lines, Inc.401(k)

TIDEWATER 401(K) PLAN · VANCOUVER, WA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.04%

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

Tidewater Barge Lines, Inc. reported $25,488 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.04% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $7,685 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 3 years on file its reported administrative ratio has held roughly steady near 0.037%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other transportation & warehousing employers. By assets it is the 235th-largest of 1,714 plans among Washington employers on file, and the 295th of 2,677 in transportation & warehousing. In 2024, employees put in $1.62 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$74,311,397
Participants with balances318
Active participants253
Employer contributions$1,944,404
Employee contributions$3,156,115
Employer contribution per active participant$7,685
Average account balance$233,684
Benefits paid to participants$5,275,505
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$74.3M · 318 accts · $1.9M emplr
2023$64.6M · 321 accts · $1.8M emplr
2022$55.3M · 307 accts · $1.8M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$6,369
Investment management$19,119
Total administrative$25,488
The Tidewater Barge Lines, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$7,685
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$7,685 per active participant
2023$7,580 per active participant
2022$7,188 per active participant

Tidewater Barge Lines, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran above the $3,635 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
STRATEGIC ADVISORS, INC. · Investment advisory (plan)$19,119
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$6,369

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$25,488 · 0.04%
2023$23,735 · 0.04%
2022$23,737 · 0.04%
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Aaa Washington WA$86.9M · 0.04%
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Radiant Logistics, Inc. WA$54.4M · 0.08%
Gordon Truck Centers, Inc. WA$47.3M · 0.16%
Peninsula Truck Lines, Inc. WA$46.9M · 0.34%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 930278300 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.