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American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc.401(k)

AMERICAN AXLE & MANUFACTURING, INC. SALARIED SAVINGS PLAN · DETROIT, MI · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.05%

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

American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc. reported $357,835 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.05% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $8,866 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 0.048% to 0.053%. The plan sits in the $250M–$1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 2,883 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 51st-largest of 2,619 plans among Michigan employers on file, and the 435th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $1.42 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$707,476,613
Participants with balances2,706
Active participants1,857
Employer contributions$16,464,923
Employee contributions$23,443,650
Employer contribution per active participant$8,866
Average account balance$261,447
Benefits paid to participants$67,830,124
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$707.5M · 2,706 accts · $16.5M emplr
2023$632.7M · 2,774 accts · $15.8M emplr
2022$521.7M · 2,631 accts · $14.1M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$63,646
Audit (IQPA)$16,350
Total administrative$357,835
The American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$8,866
Median for plans this size$4,294
2024$8,866 per active participant
2023$8,222 per active participant
2022$7,766 per active participant

American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran above the $4,294 median for plans its size, placing it in the top quarter of its peers. 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 · 20245
STIFEL, NICOLAUS & COMPANY INC. · Consulting$53,108
FIDELITY INV. INST. OPER. CO. · Loan processing$26,115
WILLIS TOWERS WATSON US LLC · Consulting · Investment advisory (plan)$23,434
DYKEMA GOSSETT PLLC · Consulting$21,678
GJC CPA'S & ADVISORS · Accounting / audit$16,350

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$357,835 · 0.05%
2023$416,670 · 0.07%
2022$277,286 · 0.05%
All plans at this employer2
AMERICAN AXLE & MANUFACTURING, INC. PERSONAL SAVINGS PLAN FOR HOURLY-RATE ASSOCIATES401(k)
AMERICAN AXLE & MANUFACTURING, INC. SALARIED SAVINGS PLAN401(k)
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 383138388 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.