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Valley Joist, LLC401(k)

VALLEY JOIST, LLC 401(K) SAVINGS PLAN · FORT PAYNE, AL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.86%

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

Valley Joist, LLC reported $42,036 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.86% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $2,155 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 0.51% to 0.86%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Alabama (603rd of 902), and 10,945th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $1.19 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 265 to 230 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$5,491,188
Participants with balances255
Active participants230
Employer contributions$495,701
Employee contributions$588,003
Employer contribution per active participant$2,155
Average account balance$21,534
Benefits paid to participants$351,383
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$5.5M · 255 accts · $496K emplr
2023$4.3M · 264 accts · $486K emplr
2022$3.2M · 254 accts · $250K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$10,793
Investment management$10,243
Audit (IQPA)$21,000
Total administrative$42,036
The Valley Joist, LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,155
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$2,155 per active participant
2023$2,079 per active participant
2022$943 per active participant

Valley Joist, LLC's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $1,313 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 · 20243
WARREN AVERETT · Accounting / audit$21,000
LINCOLN NATIONAL CORPORATION · Contract administrator$10,793
MERRILL LYNCH · Investment advisory (plan)$5,722

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$42,036 · 0.86%
2023$40,721 · 1.08%
2022$15,488 · 0.51%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 631106232 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.