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Mechanical Equipment Company, Inc.401(k)

MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT COMPANY, INC. 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN · MANDEVILLE, LA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.19%

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

Mechanical Equipment Company, Inc. reported $38,913 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.19% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $1,868 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 0.06% to 0.19%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 238th-largest of 884 plans among Louisiana employers on file, and the 5,658th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $3.00 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$21,476,560
Participants with balances252
Active participants252
Employer contributions$470,712
Employee contributions$1,413,091
Employer contribution per active participant$1,868
Average account balance$85,224
Benefits paid to participants$2,665,191
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$21.5M · 252 accts · $471K emplr
2023$19.5M · 200 accts · $402K emplr
2022$17.5M · 201 accts · $382K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$38,913
Total administrative$38,913
The Mechanical Equipment Company, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,868
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$1,868 per active participant
2023$1,641 per active participant
2022$1,603 per active participant

Mechanical Equipment Company, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 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.

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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 · 20241
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER AND S · Recordkeeping$38,913

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Bank of America / Merrill
2023Bank of America / Merrill

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Administrative cost history3
2024$38,913 · 0.19%
2023$21,262 · 0.11%
2022$11,599 · 0.06%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 720397859 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.