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Merit Cro, Inc.401(k)

MERIT CRO 401(K) PLAN · MADISON, WI · plan year 2025

Reported admin expense ratio · 2025
0.50%

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

Merit Cro, Inc. reported $36,983 in plan administrative expenses for 2025: 0.50% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $2,451 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 809 comparable plans and shown alongside other information & media employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Wisconsin (1,380th of 1,936), and 1,610th of 2,199 in information & media. In 2025, employees put in $2.30 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$8,437,802
Participants with balances148
Active participants163
Employer contributions$399,567
Employee contributions$918,052
Employer contribution per active participant$2,451
Average account balance$57,012
Benefits paid to participants$397,580
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2025
Recordkeeping & contract admin$36,983
Total administrative$36,983
The Merit Cro, Inc. 401(k) match · 2025
Employer contribution per active participant$2,451
Median for plans this size$1,464

Merit Cro, Inc.'s 2025 employer contribution ran above the $1,464 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 2025 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20251
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator · Loan processing$36,982

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

Administrative cost history1
2025$36,983 · 0.50%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 811264583 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.