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U.S. Silica Company401(k)

U.S. SILICA RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN · KATY, TX · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.10%

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

U.S. Silica Company reported $210,689 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.10% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $4,760 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 0.14% to 0.10%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other mining, oil & gas extraction employers. By assets it is the 376th-largest of 5,688 plans among Texas employers on file, and the 65th of 612 in mining, oil & gas extraction. In 2024, employees put in $1.50 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 1,986 to 1,746 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$215,015,132
Participants with balances2,465
Active participants1,746
Employer contributions$8,310,453
Employee contributions$12,469,429
Employer contribution per active participant$4,760
Average account balance$87,227
Benefits paid to participants$26,835,726
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$215.0M · 2,465 accts · $8.3M emplr
2023$193.2M · 2,914 accts · $7.2M emplr
2022$159.3M · 3,027 accts · $7.1M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$136,788
Investment management$27,328
Audit (IQPA)$38,000
Total administrative$210,689
The U.S. Silica Company 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$4,760
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$4,760 per active participant
2023$3,794 per active participant
2022$3,590 per active participant

U.S. Silica Company's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $3,635 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 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20245
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$136,788
MELTON & MELTON, LLP · Accounting / audit$38,000
DIMEO SCHNEIDER & ASSOCIATES, LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$19,572
STRATEGIC ADVISORS, INC. · Investment advisory (plan)$7,756
AON · Consulting$6,792

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$210,689 · 0.10%
2023$260,603 · 0.15%
2022$237,434 · 0.14%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 230958670 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.