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Howard Miller Company401(k)

HOWARD MILLER-HEKMAN PROFIT SHARING AND 401(K) SAVINGS PLAN · ZEELAND, MI · plan year 2022

Reported admin expense ratio · 2022
0.38%

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

Howard Miller Company reported $108,048 in plan administrative expenses for 2022: 0.38% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $1,262 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 3 years on file its reported administrative ratio fell from 0.38% to 0.28%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 26,806 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 887th-largest of 2,619 plans among Michigan employers on file, and the 5,135th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2022, employees put in $2.86 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$24,959,825
Participants with balances293
Active participants194
Employer contributions$244,911
Employee contributions$699,308
Employer contribution per active participant$1,262
Average account balance$85,187
Benefits paid to participants$2,104,551
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorHUNGERFORD NICHOLS
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$17.4M · 104 accts · $184K emplr
2024$22.1M · 201 accts · $216K emplr
2023$23.1M · 304 accts · $213K emplr
2022$25.0M · 293 accts · $245K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2022
Recordkeeping & contract admin$108,048
Total administrative$108,048
The Howard Miller Company 401(k) match · 2022
Employer contribution per active participant$1,262
Median for plans this size$2,266
2025$4,848 per active participant
2024$1,195 per active participant
2023$1,077 per active participant
2022$1,262 per active participant

Howard Miller Company's 2022 employer contribution ran below 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 history4
2025$54,759 · 0.28%
2024$127,129 · 0.56%
2023$139,514 · 0.58%
2022$108,048 · 0.38%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 381258662 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.