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US Salt, LLC401(k)

US SALT, LLC 401(K) PLAN · WATKINS GLEN, NY · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.59%

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

US Salt, LLC reported $94,252 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.59% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $2,326 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 0.44% to 0.59%. 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 among the smaller plans on file in New York (2,838th of 5,648), and the 6,766th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $1.91 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 154 to 212 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$16,165,221
Participants with balances191
Active participants212
Employer contributions$493,217
Employee contributions$939,684
Employer contribution per active participant$2,326
Average account balance$84,635
Benefits paid to participants$4,119,020
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorCROWE, LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$16.2M · 191 accts · $493K emplr
2023$15.6M · 182 accts · $522K emplr
2022$12.4M · 167 accts · $398K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$41,969
Investment management$29,806
Total administrative$94,252
The US Salt, LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,326
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$2,326 per active participant
2023$2,821 per active participant
2022$2,584 per active participant

US Salt, LLC'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 · 20242
KESTRA ADVISORY SERVICES LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$29,806

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$94,252 · 0.59%
2023$61,000 · 0.44%
2022$61,093 · 0.44%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 593525498 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.