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Trader Construction Co.401(k)

TRADER CONSTRUCTION CO. EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN · NEW BERN, NC · plan year 2025

Reported admin expense ratio · 2025
0.01%

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

Trader Construction Co. reported $2,280 in plan administrative expenses for 2025: 0.01% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,936 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 rose from 0.007% to 0.013%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 1,620 comparable plans and shown alongside other construction employers. By assets it is the 769th-largest of 2,005 plans among North Carolina employers on file, and the 2,120th of 5,337 in construction. In 2025, employees put in $2.66 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 146 to 175 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$18,808,200
Participants with balances163
Active participants175
Employer contributions$338,737
Employee contributions$901,088
Employer contribution per active participant$1,936
Average account balance$115,388
Benefits paid to participants$1,004,125
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$18.8M · 163 accts · $339K emplr
2024$16.9M · 156 accts · $326K emplr
2023$15.6M · 155 accts · $291K emplr
2022$14.0M · 154 accts · $265K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2025
Investment management$2,280
Total administrative$2,280
The Trader Construction Co. 401(k) match · 2025
Employer contribution per active participant$1,936
Median for plans this size$2,666
2025$1,936 per active participant
2024$1,896 per active participant
2023$1,901 per active participant
2022$1,818 per active participant

Trader Construction Co.'s 2025 employer contribution ran below the $2,666 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 2025 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20253
EMPOWER ADVISORY GROUP · Investment management$2,280
COMPENSATION SYSTEMS, INC. · Contract administratorindirect comp

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

Administrative cost history4
2025$2,280 · 0.01%
2024$1,279 · 0.01%
2023$950 · 0.01%
2022$1,100 · 0.01%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 561010597 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.