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Dema Engineering Co.401(k)

DEMA ENGINEERING CO. 401K PLAN · SAINT LOUIS, MO · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.24%

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

Dema Engineering Co. reported $73,388 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.24% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $9,135 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 0.01% to 0.24%. 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 the 426th-largest of 1,393 plans among Missouri employers on file, and the 4,248th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $1.29 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$32,346,133
Participants with balances119
Active participants102
Employer contributions$931,790
Employee contributions$1,203,306
Employer contribution per active participant$9,135
Average account balance$271,816
Benefits paid to participants$1,466,579
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$32.3M · 119 accts · $932K emplr
2023$28.0M · 123 accts · $897K emplr
2022$22.7M · 118 accts · $820K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$73,388
Total administrative$73,388
The Dema Engineering Co. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$9,135
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$9,135 per active participant
2023$8,793 per active participant
2022$8,285 per active participant

Dema Engineering Co.'s 2024 employer contribution ran above the $2,416 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 · 20242
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator · Loan processing$73,388
MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL BANKING OPERA · Other servicesindirect comp

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$73,388 · 0.24%
2023$62,311 · 0.25%
2022$3,621 · 0.01%
Same employer
Similar plansManufacturing · Missouri
H.E. Williams, Inc. MO$35.6M · 0.28%
Manna Pro Products, LLC MO$33.1M · 0.52%
G.H. Tool & Mold, LLC MO$32.6M · 0.44%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 430721397 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.