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Michelman, Inc.401(k)

MICHELMAN, INC. RETIREMENT AND SAVINGS PLAN · CINCINNATI, OH · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.07%

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

Michelman, Inc. reported $34,273 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.07% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $6,595 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 0.05% to 0.28%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 26,779 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 654th-largest of 3,295 plans among Ohio employers on file, and the 3,140th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2023, employees put in $1.72 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$50,208,712
Participants with balances334
Active participants239
Employer contributions$1,576,183
Employee contributions$2,715,205
Employer contribution per active participant$6,595
Average account balance$150,325
Benefits paid to participants$4,509,081
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorBARNES DENNIG & COMPANY LTD
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$50.0M · 231 accts · $1.3M emplr
2023$50.2M · 334 accts · $1.6M emplr
2022$41.7M · 306 accts · $1.2M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Investment management$17,023
Audit (IQPA)$17,250
Total administrative$34,273
The Michelman, Inc. 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$6,595
Median for plans this size$2,440
2024$5,932 per active participant
2023$6,595 per active participant
2022$4,705 per active participant

Michelman, Inc.'s 2023 employer contribution ran above the $2,440 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 2023 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20233
BARNES, DENNIG AND CO. LTD · Accounting / audit$17,250
EMPOWER ADVISORY GROUP, LLC · Investment management$17,023

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$140,328 · 0.28%
2023$34,273 · 0.07%
2022$23,230 · 0.05%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 310527168 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.