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Merrill Farms, LLC401(k)

MERRILL FARMS, LLC RETIREMENT PLAN & TRUST · SALINAS, CA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.25%

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

Merrill Farms, LLC reported $39,058 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.25% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $1,576 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 0.24% to 0.25%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other agriculture, forestry & fishing employers. By assets it is the 4,093rd-largest of 9,483 plans among California employers on file, and the 298th of 945 in agriculture, forestry & fishing. In 2024, employees put in $1.51 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 164 to 218 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$16,770,033
Participants with balances121
Active participants218
Employer contributions$343,474
Employee contributions$517,273
Employer contribution per active participant$1,576
Average account balance$138,595
Benefits paid to participants$198,825
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorJOHNSON & ASSOCIATES CPA'S, INC.
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$16.8M · 121 accts · $343K emplr
2023$13.9M · 117 accts · $323K emplr
2022$11.5M · 123 accts · $297K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$23,444
Investment management$15,614
Total administrative$39,058
The Merrill Farms, LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,576
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$1,576 per active participant
2023$1,473 per active participant
2022$1,813 per active participant

Merrill Farms, LLC's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 median for plans its size. 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 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20241
WELLS FARGO ADVISORS FINANCIAL · Investment advisory (participants)indirect comp

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$39,058 · 0.25%
2023$31,692 · 0.25%
2022$29,551 · 0.24%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 770545932 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.