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Merchants & Marine Bank401(k)

MERCHANTS & MARINE BANK 401 (K) RETIREMENT PLAN · PASCAGOULA, MS · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.23%

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

Merchants & Marine Bank reported $23,859 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.23% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $1,847 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 0.10% to 0.23%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other finance & insurance employers. By assets it is the 160th-largest of 367 plans among Mississippi employers on file, and 3,888th of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2024, employees put in $1.76 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 174 to 229 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$11,019,326
Participants with balances250
Active participants229
Employer contributions$423,017
Employee contributions$746,259
Employer contribution per active participant$1,847
Average account balance$44,077
Benefits paid to participants$1,878,252
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$11.0M · 250 accts · $423K emplr
2023$10.2M · 133 accts · $336K emplr
2022$8.4M · 162 accts · $242K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$23,859
Total administrative$23,859
The Merchants & Marine Bank 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,847
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$1,847 per active participant
2023$1,662 per active participant
2022$1,393 per active participant

Merchants & Marine Bank'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
PENTEGRA SERVICES, INC. · Contract administrator$13,699

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$23,859 · 0.23%
2023$8,493 · 0.09%
2022$8,678 · 0.10%
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First Bank MS$16.4M · 0.68%
Peoples Bank of Mendenhall MS$13.8M · 0.04%
Southwest Security, Inc. MS$10.0M · 0.96%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 646016232 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.