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Value Added Solutions, Inc.401(k)

VALUE ADDED SOLUTIONS, INC. 401(K) PLAN · AIKEN, SC · plan year 2022

Reported admin expense ratio · 2022
0.63%

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

Value Added Solutions, Inc. reported $82,712 in plan administrative expenses for 2022: 0.63% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $2,973 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 0.63% to 0.77%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 26,806 comparable plans and shown alongside other administrative & support services employers. By assets it is the 393rd-largest of 807 plans among South Carolina employers on file, and the 909th of 2,534 in administrative & support services. In 2022, employees put in $2.80 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$11,874,981
Participants with balances264
Active participants293
Employer contributions$871,015
Employee contributions$2,436,468
Employer contribution per active participant$2,973
Average account balance$44,981
Benefits paid to participants$3,852,016
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$10.7M · 183 accts · $469K emplr
2023$11.0M · 207 accts · $674K emplr
2022$11.9M · 264 accts · $871K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2022
Recordkeeping & contract admin$82,712
Total administrative$82,712
The Value Added Solutions, Inc. 401(k) match · 2022
Employer contribution per active participant$2,973
Median for plans this size$2,266
2024$2,647 per active participant
2023$3,706 per active participant
2022$2,973 per active participant

Value Added Solutions, Inc.'s 2022 employer contribution ran above the $2,266 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 2022 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Administrative cost history3
2024$83,578 · 0.77%
2023$86,790 · 0.76%
2022$82,712 · 0.63%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 203912625 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.