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Michelsen Packaging Company401(k)

MICHELSEN PACKAGING COMPANY 401K PLAN · YAKIMA, WA · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.18%

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

Michelsen Packaging Company reported $124,124 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.18% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $19,081 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 0.17% to 0.20%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 9,317 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 241st-largest of 1,714 plans among Washington employers on file, and the 2,403rd of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2023, the employer put in $7.04 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$72,390,308
Participants with balances271
Active participants155
Employer contributions$2,957,545
Employee contributions$420,106
Employer contribution per active participant$19,081
Average account balance$267,123
Benefits paid to participants$5,558,338
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$70.1M · 252 accts · $2.7M emplr
2023$72.4M · 271 accts · $3.0M emplr
2022$65.3M · 260 accts · $2.5M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Recordkeeping & contract admin$22,341
Investment management$78,569
Audit (IQPA)$23,176
Trustee / custodial$38
Total administrative$124,124
The Michelsen Packaging Company 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$19,081
Median for plans this size$3,659
2024$18,139 per active participant
2023$19,081 per active participant
2022$16,243 per active participant

Michelsen Packaging Company's 2023 employer contribution ran above the $3,659 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 · 20234
AMERICAN FUNDS · Recordkeeping$40,883
STIFEL NICOLAUS · Investment management$33,568
MOSS ADAMS · Accounting / audit$23,176
ASSOCIATED PENSION CONSULTANTS · Accounting / audit$22,341

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024AMERICAN FUNDS
2023AMERICAN FUNDS

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Administrative cost history3
2024$143,444 · 0.20%
2023$124,124 · 0.18%
2022$124,182 · 0.17%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 910598777 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.