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Merrill Iron & Steel, Inc.401(k)

MERRILL STEEL 401(K) PLAN · SCHOFIELD, WI · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.32%

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

Merrill Iron & Steel, Inc. reported $118,750 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.32% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $1,623 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 0.29% to 0.32%. 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 503rd-largest of 1,936 plans among Wisconsin employers on file, and the 3,738th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $2.60 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 355 to 456 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$39,205,415
Participants with balances493
Active participants456
Employer contributions$739,879
Employee contributions$1,923,006
Employer contribution per active participant$1,623
Average account balance$79,524
Benefits paid to participants$3,482,800
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$39.2M · 493 accts · $740K emplr
2023$34.5M · 383 accts · $623K emplr
2022$29.6M · 331 accts · $520K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$38,388
Investment management$80,362
Total administrative$118,750
The Merrill Iron & Steel, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,623
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$1,623 per active participant
2023$1,647 per active participant
2022$1,465 per active participant

Merrill Iron & Steel, Inc.'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
ASSOCIATED TRUST COMPANY, N.A. · Recordkeeping · Pension consulting$118,750

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024ASSOCIATED TRUST COMPANY, N.A.
2023ASSOCIATED TRUST COMPANY, N.A.

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Administrative cost history3
2024$118,750 · 0.32%
2023$94,200 · 0.29%
2022$93,011 · 0.29%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 390989700 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.