Merck Kgaa Darmstadt, Germany401(k)
401(K) SAVINGS AND INVESTMENT PLAN · BURLINGTON, MA · plan year 2022
Peer grade: A- · admin costs + employer contributions vs same-size plans · how grading works
Merck Kgaa Darmstadt, Germany reported $1,238,352 in plan administrative expenses for 2022: 0.04% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $8,479 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.
The plan sits in the over $1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 1,066 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 16th-largest of 2,726 plans among Massachusetts employers on file, and the 106th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2022, employees put in $1.15 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.
Merck Kgaa Darmstadt, Germany's 2022 employer contribution ran above the $4,897 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.
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 042170233 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.