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Michael Best and Friedrich, LLP401(k)

MICHAEL BEST 401K PLAN · MILWAUKEE, WI · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.05%

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

Michael Best and Friedrich, LLP reported $164,398 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.05% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $10,980 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 0.047% to 0.055%. The plan sits in the $250M–$1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 2,883 comparable plans and shown alongside other professional & technical services employers. By assets it is the 99th-largest of 1,936 plans among Wisconsin employers on file, and the 528th of 11,654 in professional & technical services. In 2024, employees put in $1.16 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$321,231,941
Participants with balances996
Active participants729
Employer contributions$8,004,223
Employee contributions$9,283,017
Employer contribution per active participant$10,980
Average account balance$322,522
Benefits paid to participants$19,290,539
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$321.2M · 996 accts · $8.0M emplr
2023$281.6M · 978 accts · $7.6M emplr
2022$243.7M · 952 accts · $6.6M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$14,439
Investment management$149,959
Total administrative$164,398
The Michael Best and Friedrich, LLP 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$10,980
Median for plans this size$4,294
2024$10,980 per active participant
2023$11,000 per active participant
2022$9,678 per active participant

Michael Best and Friedrich, LLP's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $4,294 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 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20248
TRANSAMERICA RETIREMENT SOLUTIONS · Claims processing · Recordkeeping$14,439
BLACKHAWK CAPITAL PARTNERS LLC · Investment management$33,719
F/M INVESTMENTS LLC · Investment management$28,711
ZIEGLER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC · Investment management$26,486
ARCATAUR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC · Investment management$19,508
ANNEX ADVISORY SERVICES LLC · Investment management$16,483
MESIROW FINANCIAL INVESTMENT M · Investment management$16,235
NATIONAL FINANCIAL SERVICES · Securities brokerageindirect comp

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Transamerica
2023Transamerica

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Administrative cost history3
2024$164,398 · 0.05%
2023$151,838 · 0.06%
2022$122,892 · 0.05%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 390934985 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.