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Messer Cutting Systems, Inc.401(k)

MESSER CUTTING SYSTEMS, INC. 401(K) SAVINGS AND INVESTMENT PLAN · MENOMONEE FALLS, WI · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.04%

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

Messer Cutting Systems, Inc. reported $12,146 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.04% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $2,991 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 0.03% to 0.04%. 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 645th-largest of 1,936 plans among Wisconsin employers on file, and the 4,532nd of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $2.11 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 182 to 204 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$29,600,553
Participants with balances246
Active participants204
Employer contributions$610,200
Employee contributions$1,288,253
Employer contribution per active participant$2,991
Average account balance$120,327
Benefits paid to participants$2,288,475
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$29.6M · 246 accts · $610K emplr
2023$24.8M · 240 accts · $637K emplr
2022$22.6M · 227 accts · $620K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$1,310
Investment management$10,836
Total administrative$12,146
The Messer Cutting Systems, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,991
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$2,991 per active participant
2023$3,387 per active participant
2022$3,407 per active participant

Messer Cutting Systems, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran above 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.

What these fees cost you

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 · 20242
STRATEGIC ADVISORS, INC. · Investment advisory (plan)$10,836
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$1,310

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$12,146 · 0.04%
2023$9,569 · 0.04%
2022$8,786 · 0.03%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 232888959 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.