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Direct Mail of Maine Inc.401(k)

DIRECT MAIL OF MAINE INC 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN AND TRUST · SCARBOROUGH, ME · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.57%

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

Direct Mail of Maine Inc. reported $17,181 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.57% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $1,698 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 1 year on file its reported administrative ratio rose from 0.47% to 0.57%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 22,307 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Maine (304th of 354), and 12,134th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2023, employees put in $1.86 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$3,265,534
Participants with balances88
Active participants99
Employer contributions$168,119
Employee contributions$312,876
Employer contribution per active participant$1,698
Average account balance$37,108
Benefits paid to participants$481,134
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorPURDY POWERS & COMPANY
Plan history2
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2023$3.3M · 88 accts · $168K emplr
2022$2.8M · 103 accts · $170K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Recordkeeping & contract admin$9,757
Investment management$7,424
Total administrative$17,181
The Direct Mail of Maine Inc. 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$1,698
Median for plans this size$1,308
2023$1,698 per active participant
2022$1,487 per active participant

Direct Mail of Maine Inc.'s 2023 employer contribution ran above the $1,308 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 2023 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20232
ADP, INC. · Loan processing · Recordkeeping$9,757
AFG FIDUCIARY SERVICES LP · Recordkeeping · Trustee$7,423

Compensation shown is direct payments from plan assets reported on Schedule C. Providers paid through fund revenue-sharing appear as indirect.

Administrative cost history2
2023$17,181 · 0.57%
2022$13,627 · 0.47%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 010426462 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.