Plan Ledger DOL Form 5500 · updated monthly

Mechanical Tool & Engineering Co.401(k)

MTE EMPLOYEE SAVINGS AND RETIREMENT PLAN · ROCKFORD, IL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.37%

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

Mechanical Tool & Engineering Co. reported $108,852 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.37% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $484 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 0.37%. 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 1,301st-largest of 3,702 plans among Illinois employers on file, and the 4,436th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $6.74 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$30,490,133
Participants with balances199
Active participants249
Employer contributions$120,508
Employee contributions$811,783
Employer contribution per active participant$484
Average account balance$153,217
Benefits paid to participants$3,561,227
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorRSM US LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$30.5M · 199 accts · $121K emplr
2023$29.0M · 201 accts · $124K emplr
2022$25.5M · 220 accts · $124K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$4,287
Trustee / custodial$104,565
Total administrative$108,852
The Mechanical Tool & Engineering Co. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$484
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$484 per active participant
2023$469 per active participant
2022$490 per active participant

Mechanical Tool & Engineering Co.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 median for plans its size, in the bottom 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 · 20242
MIDLAND STATES BANK · Trustee (discretionary)$108,852

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$108,852 · 0.37%
2023$96,128 · 0.35%
2022$100,896 · 0.36%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 362260687 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.