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Advance Engineering Company401(k)

ADVANCE ENGINEERING COMPANY RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN · CANTON, MI · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.63%

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

Advance Engineering Company reported $29,901 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.63% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $1,116 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 0.57% to 0.63%. 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 Michigan (2,038th of 2,619), and 11,323rd of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $3.34 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 64 to 41 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$4,769,431
Participants with balances84
Active participants41
Employer contributions$45,772
Employee contributions$152,915
Employer contribution per active participant$1,116
Average account balance$56,779
Benefits paid to participants$686,171
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$4.8M · 84 accts · $46K emplr
2023$4.7M · 108 accts · $70K emplr
2022$4.2M · 109 accts · $58K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$15,901
Investment management$14,000
Total administrative$29,901
The Advance Engineering Company 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,116
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$1,116 per active participant
2023$1,117 per active participant
2022$902 per active participant

Advance Engineering Company's 2024 employer contribution ran below 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 · 20244
ADP, INC. · Loan processing · Recordkeeping$15,900
PLANTE & MORAN, PLLC · Recordkeeping · Pension consulting$14,000
ADP BROKER-DEALER · Other 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
2024ADP, PLANTE & MORAN, PLLC
2023ADP, PLANTE & MORAN, PLLC

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Administrative cost history3
2024$29,901 · 0.63%
2023$27,438 · 0.61%
2022$26,987 · 0.57%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 300265502 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.