Merle Norman Cosmetics, Inc.401(k)
MERLE NORMAN COSMETICS, INC. 401(K) SAVINGS PLAN · LOS ANGELES, CA · plan year 2024
Peer grade: C+ · admin costs + employer contributions vs same-size plans · how grading works
Merle Norman Cosmetics, Inc. reported $45,003 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.25% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $152 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 3 years on file its reported administrative ratio has held roughly steady near 0.247%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 3,785th-largest of 9,483 plans among California employers on file, and the 6,142nd of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $25.15 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.
Merle Norman Cosmetics, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 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.
Annual cost at the plan's reported 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.
Compensation shown is direct payments from plan assets reported on Schedule C. Providers paid through fund revenue-sharing appear as indirect.
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 952948991 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.