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United Steelworkers Local 286 Severance/ 401(K) Plan401(k)

UNITED STEELWORKERS LOCAL 286 SEVERANCE/401 (K) PLAN · PHILADLEPHIA, PA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
1.99%

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

United Steelworkers Local 286 Severance/ 401(K) Plan reported $789,425 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 1.99% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,371 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 1.65% to 1.99%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 916th-largest of 3,651 plans among Pennsylvania employers on file, and the 3,561st of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, the employer put in $3.62 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves; active participation has grown from 1,539 to 2,056 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$42,028,882
Participants with balances3,015
Active participants2,056
Employer contributions$2,818,189
Employee contributions$779,243
Employer contribution per active participant$1,371
Average account balance$13,940
Benefits paid to participants$2,081,259
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$42.0M · 3,015 accts · $2.8M emplr
2023$37.2M · 2,819 accts · $2.5M emplr
2022$32.7M · 2,601 accts · $2.4M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$128,193
Investment management$12,500
Audit (IQPA)$29,400
Total administrative$789,425
The United Steelworkers Local 286 Severance/ 401(K) Plan 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,371
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$1,371 per active participant
2023$1,376 per active participant
2022$1,558 per active participant

United Steelworkers Local 286 Severance/ 401(K) Plan's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 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 · 202410
TRANSAMERICA RETIREMENT SOLUTIONS · Contract administrator · Custodial (securities)$112,970
USW DISTRICT 10 LOCAL 286 UNION · Other services$505,129
NOVAK FRANCELLA LLC · Accounting / audit$44,623
FOSTER & FOSTER, INC. · Consulting$26,000
SPEAR WILDERMAN, P.C. · Legal$25,000
LITTLER MENDELSON, P.C. · Legal$25,000
MORGAN STANLEY SMITH BARNEY · Investment management$12,500
XPAN LAW PARTNERS, LLC · Other services$10,800
CARLO SIMONE, IIIindirect comp
NATIONAL FINANCIAL SERVICESindirect comp

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$789,425 · 1.99%
2023$688,099 · 1.97%
2022$588,226 · 1.65%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 232059315 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.