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Merit Aluminum Inc.401(k)

MERIT ALUMINUM INC. 401(K) PLAN · CORONA, CA · plan year 2022

Reported admin expense ratio · 2022
0.06%

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

Merit Aluminum Inc. reported $3,075 in plan administrative expenses for 2022: 0.06% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $2,652 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 California (7,054th of 9,483), and 11,284th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2022, employees put in $1.53 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$4,845,213
Participants with balances92
Active participants84
Employer contributions$222,728
Employee contributions$340,847
Employer contribution per active participant$2,652
Average account balance$52,665
Benefits paid to participants$659,928
Plan auditDisclaimer of opinion
AuditorLUCAS HORSFALL MURPHY & PINDROH LLP
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2022
Professional / advisory$3,075
Total administrative$3,075
The Merit Aluminum Inc. 401(k) match · 2022
Employer contribution per active participant$2,652
Median for plans this size$1,114

Merit Aluminum Inc.'s 2022 employer contribution ran above the $1,114 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.

What these fees cost you

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$3,075 · 0.06%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 330396588 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.