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Melling Tool Company401(k)

THE MELLING EMPLOYEES' 401(K) PLAN · JACKSON, MI · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.24%

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

Melling Tool Company reported $79,128 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.24% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $1,887 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 0.29% to 0.24%. 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 688th-largest of 2,619 plans among Michigan employers on file, and the 3,982nd of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $2.14 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 670 to 492 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$35,590,466
Participants with balances554
Active participants492
Employer contributions$928,330
Employee contributions$1,989,575
Employer contribution per active participant$1,887
Average account balance$64,243
Benefits paid to participants$3,532,194
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorREHMANN ROBSON
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$35.6M · 554 accts · $928K emplr
2023$31.5M · 578 accts · $758K emplr
2022$28.2M · 685 accts · $674K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$59,134
Investment management$19,994
Total administrative$79,128
The Melling Tool Company 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,887
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$1,887 per active participant
2023$1,522 per active participant
2022$1,006 per active participant

Melling Tool Company'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.

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
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator · Loan processing$59,133
WELLS FARGO ADVISORS · Investment advisory (plan)$20,000

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$79,128 · 0.24%
2023$96,846 · 0.32%
2022$88,726 · 0.29%
Same employer
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Ross Controls MI$35.3M · 0.21%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 381527270 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.