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Mars, Incorporated401(k)

U.S. ASSOCIATE SAVINGS PLAN · HACKETTSTOWN, NJ · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.06%

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

Mars, Incorporated reported $1,901,143 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.06% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $5,827 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 fell from 0.07% to 0.06%. The plan sits in the over $1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 1,229 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 20th-largest of 2,419 plans among New Jersey employers on file, and the 103rd of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $1.66 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 14,224 to 15,668 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$3,384,207,121
Participants with balances20,234
Active participants15,668
Employer contributions$91,297,945
Employee contributions$151,412,361
Employer contribution per active participant$5,827
Average account balance$167,253
Benefits paid to participants$243,487,009
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$3.4B · 20,234 accts · $91.3M emplr
2023$3.0B · 19,962 accts · $98.3M emplr
2022$2.5B · 18,543 accts · $77.4M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$898,309
Investment management$985,126
Total administrative$1,901,143
The Mars, Incorporated 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$5,827
Median for plans this size$5,259
2024$5,827 per active participant
2023$6,338 per active participant
2022$5,438 per active participant

Mars, Incorporated's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $5,259 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 · 20243
STRATEGIC ADVISORS, INC. · Investment advisory (plan)$985,321
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$902,737
LCG ASSOCIATES INC. · Investment advisory (plan)$17,708

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$1,901,143 · 0.06%
2023$1,761,452 · 0.07%
2022$1,861,658 · 0.07%
All plans at this employer4
MARS DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN401(k)
U.S. ASSOCIATE SAVINGS PLAN401(k)
U.S. ASSOCIATE SAVINGS ADVANTAGE PLAN401(k)
MARS VETERINARY HEALTH 401(K) SAVINGS PLAN401(k)
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 221594774 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.