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Merendino Contracting, Inc.401(k)

MERENDINO CONTRACTING, INC. RETIREMENT PLAN · LINDEN, NJ · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
1.63%

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

Merendino Contracting, Inc. reported $19,028 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 1.63% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $3,703 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 2.17% to 1.63%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other administrative & support services employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in New Jersey (2,199th of 2,419), and 2,102nd of 2,534 in administrative & support services. In 2024, the employer put in $1.34 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves; active participation has shrunk from 39 to 35 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$1,299,912
Participants with balances107
Active participants35
Employer contributions$129,590
Employee contributions$96,583
Employer contribution per active participant$3,703
Average account balance$12,149
Benefits paid to participants$79,942
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$1.3M · 107 accts · $130K emplr
2023$1.0M · 120 accts · $138K emplr
2022$722K · 148 accts · $132K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$8,237
Investment management$10,791
Total administrative$19,028
The Merendino Contracting, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$3,703
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$3,703 per active participant
2023$3,619 per active participant
2022$3,380 per active participant

Merendino Contracting, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran above the $1,313 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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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 · 20243
EPIC RETIREMENT PLAN SERVICES · Recordkeeping · Loan processing$8,253
BEACON WEALTH CONSULTANTS, INC. · Investment advisory (plan)$10,791

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

Recordkeeper by year2
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Administrative cost history3
2024$19,028 · 1.63%
2023$19,412 · 2.21%
2022$15,406 · 2.17%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 223138161 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.