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Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC401(k)

MERCEDES-BENZ USA, LLC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN · SANDY SPRINGS, GA · plan year 2025

Reported admin expense ratio · 2025
0.10%

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

Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC reported $1,050,703 in plan administrative expenses for 2025: 0.10% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $12,733 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 rose from 0.08% to 0.10%. The plan sits in the over $1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 141 comparable plans and shown alongside other wholesale trade employers. By assets it is the 40th-largest of 2,160 plans among Georgia employers on file, and the 50th of 4,246 in wholesale trade. In 2025, the employer put in $1.18 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$1,112,566,747
Participants with balances4,838
Active participants3,227
Employer contributions$41,090,933
Employee contributions$34,876,992
Employer contribution per active participant$12,733
Average account balance$229,964
Benefits paid to participants$106,435,928
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorWARREN AVERETT CPAS AND ADVISORS
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$1.1B · 4,838 accts · $41.1M emplr
2024$984.3M · 5,052 accts · $44.7M emplr
2023$845.1M · 5,159 accts · $40.6M emplr
2022$698.4M · 5,074 accts · $35.8M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2025
Recordkeeping & contract admin$400,341
Investment management$131,435
Audit (IQPA)$15,500
Total administrative$1,050,703
The Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC 401(k) match · 2025
Employer contribution per active participant$12,733
Median for plans this size$5,084
2025$12,733 per active participant
2024$12,814 per active participant
2023$11,381 per active participant
2022$10,440 per active participant

Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC's 2025 employer contribution ran above the $5,084 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 2025 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20256
VOYA INSTITUTIONAL PLAN SERVICES · Loan processing · Other services$411,941
MERCER · Consulting$394,378
KILPATRICK TOWNSEND · Legal$97,449
VOYA M · Investment advisory (participants)$74,419
MORNINGSTAR · Investment advisory (participants)$57,015
WARREN AVERETT · Accounting / audit$15,500

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

Administrative cost history4
2025$1,050,703 · 0.10%
2024$847,268 · 0.09%
2023$827,654 · 0.11%
2022$634,152 · 0.08%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 222375138 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.