Plan Ledger DOL Form 5500 · updated monthly

Meridian Manufacturing, Inc.401(k)

MERIDIAN MANUFACTURING, INC. 401(K) PLAN · STORM LAKE, IA · plan year 2022

Reported admin expense ratio · 2022
0.40%

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

Meridian Manufacturing, Inc. reported $7,604 in plan administrative expenses for 2022: 0.40% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $311 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 $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 30,021 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Iowa (815th of 878), and 12,908th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2022, employees put in $5.24 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$1,808,739
Participants with balances88
Active participants93
Employer contributions$28,919
Employee contributions$151,637
Employer contribution per active participant$311
Average account balance$20,554
Benefits paid to participants$17,128
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorKING REINSCH PROSSER & CO LLP
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2022
Recordkeeping & contract admin$7,604
Total administrative$7,604
The Meridian Manufacturing, Inc. 401(k) match · 2022
Employer contribution per active participant$311
Median for plans this size$1,114

Meridian Manufacturing, Inc.'s 2022 employer contribution ran below the $1,114 median for plans its size, in the bottom 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 2022 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Administrative cost history1
2022$7,604 · 0.40%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 421322224 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.