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McDermott Will & Emery LLP401(k)

MW&E SAVINGS AND RETIREMENT PLAN · CHICAGO, IL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.04%

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

McDermott Will & Emery LLP reported $564,144 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.04% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $15,454 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 has held roughly steady near 0.044%. The plan sits in the over $1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 1,229 comparable plans and shown alongside other professional & technical services employers. By assets it is the 72nd-largest of 3,702 plans among Illinois employers on file, and the 127th of 11,654 in professional & technical services. In 2024, employees put in $1.19 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$1,387,214,016
Participants with balances3,125
Active participants1,979
Employer contributions$30,583,445
Employee contributions$36,321,709
Employer contribution per active participant$15,454
Average account balance$443,908
Benefits paid to participants$80,785,799
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$1.4B · 3,125 accts · $30.6M emplr
2023$1.2B · 3,077 accts · $28.1M emplr
2022$1.0B · 3,024 accts · $26.2M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$229,300
Investment management$325,542
Audit (IQPA)$9,302
Total administrative$564,144
The McDermott Will & Emery LLP 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$15,454
Median for plans this size$5,259
2024$15,454 per active participant
2023$14,456 per active participant
2022$13,594 per active participant

McDermott Will & Emery LLP's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $5,259 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 · 202412
SCHWAB RETIREMENT PLAN SERVICES,INC · Recordkeeping$229,526
LMCG INVENTMENT LLC · Investment advisory (participants)$111,459
CORIENT PRIVATE WEALTH LLC · Investment advisory (participants)$29,080
BRINKER CAPITAL INVESTMENTS LL · Investment advisory (participants)$22,738
MOLLER WEALTH PARTNERS INC · Investment advisory (participants)$19,476
BEACON POINTE ADVISORS LLC · Investment advisory (participants)$18,526
WESTMOUNT PARTNERS LLC · Investment advisory (participants)$17,923
AT INVESTMENT ADVISERS INC · Investment advisory (participants)$17,197
MESIROW FINANCIAL INVESTMENT M · Investment advisory (participants)$14,673
FORUM FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT LP · Investment advisory (participants)$12,758
SYNERGY FINANCIAL GROUP LTD · Investment advisory (participants)$12,249
NADLER FINANCIAL GROUP INC · Investment advisory (participants)$10,221

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Charles Schwab
2023Charles Schwab

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Administrative cost history3
2024$564,144 · 0.04%
2023$465,207 · 0.04%
2022$469,009 · 0.04%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 361453176 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.