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Meridian Waste Acquisitions, LLC401(k)

MERIDIAN WASTE ACQUISITIONS, LLC 401(K) PLAN · CHARLOTTE, NC · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.41%

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

Meridian Waste Acquisitions, LLC reported $35,811 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.41% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $626 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 0.39% to 0.41%. 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 North Carolina (1,135th of 2,005), and the 1,024th of 2,534 in administrative & support services. In 2024, employees put in $1.77 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 624 to 1,291 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$9,649,318
Participants with balances316
Active participants1,291
Employer contributions$808,452
Employee contributions$1,430,875
Employer contribution per active participant$626
Average account balance$30,536
Benefits paid to participants$1,624,064
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$9.6M · 316 accts · $808K emplr
2023$7.8M · 276 accts · $612K emplr
2022$5.7M · 190 accts · $492K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$33,214
Investment management$2,597
Total administrative$35,811
The Meridian Waste Acquisitions, LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$626
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$626 per active participant
2023$792 per active participant
2022$789 per active participant

Meridian Waste Acquisitions, LLC's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $1,313 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.

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 · 20241
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$33,214

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$35,811 · 0.41%
2023$24,157 · 0.36%
2022$21,407 · 0.39%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 824934650 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.