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Mechanical Engineering and Construction Corporation401(k)

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION 401(K) PLAN · CATONSVILLE, MD · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.64%

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

Mechanical Engineering and Construction Corporation reported $55,637 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.64% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $673 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 0.55% to 0.64%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other construction employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Maryland (1,028th of 1,671), and 3,207th of 5,337 in construction. In 2024, employees put in $5.59 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 144 to 179 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$9,253,200
Participants with balances135
Active participants179
Employer contributions$120,406
Employee contributions$673,046
Employer contribution per active participant$673
Average account balance$68,542
Benefits paid to participants$632,095
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$0
2024$9.3M · 135 accts · $120K emplr
2023$8.0M · 132 accts · $128K emplr
2022$6.4M · 137 accts · $107K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$3,000
Investment management$52,637
Total administrative$55,637
The Mechanical Engineering and Construction Corporation 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$673
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$673 per active participant
2023$873 per active participant
2022$740 per active participant

Mechanical Engineering and Construction Corporation's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $1,313 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 · 20242
THE VANGUARD GROUP, INC. · Loan processing · Recordkeeping$3,000
FORVIS WEALTH ADVISORS · Investment advisory (plan)$52,637

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Vanguard
2023Vanguard

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Administrative cost history4
2025Not separately reported
2024$55,637 · 0.64%
2023$38,583 · 0.53%
2022$35,454 · 0.55%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 200211117 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.