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Michigan Farm Bureau401(k)

FARM BUREAU EMPLOYEES' 401(K) PLAN · LANSING, MI · plan year 2025

Reported admin expense ratio · 2025
0.06%

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

Michigan Farm Bureau reported $144,175 in plan administrative expenses for 2025: 0.06% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $5,874 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 3 years on file its reported administrative ratio fell from 0.09% to 0.06%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 605 comparable plans and shown alongside other agriculture, forestry & fishing employers. By assets it is the 116th-largest of 2,619 plans among Michigan employers on file, and the 13th of 945 in agriculture, forestry & fishing. In 2025, employees put in $1.51 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$260,298,350
Participants with balances1,477
Active participants1,173
Employer contributions$6,890,625
Employee contributions$10,425,808
Employer contribution per active participant$5,874
Average account balance$176,234
Benefits paid to participants$22,805,775
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$260.3M · 1,477 accts · $6.9M emplr
2024$230.6M · 1,468 accts · $5.9M emplr
2023$207.0M · 1,446 accts · $5.4M emplr
2022$175.4M · 1,392 accts · $4.8M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2025
Recordkeeping & contract admin$144,175
Total administrative$144,175
The Michigan Farm Bureau 401(k) match · 2025
Employer contribution per active participant$5,874
Median for plans this size$4,093
2025$5,874 per active participant
2024$5,121 per active participant
2023$4,799 per active participant
2022$4,360 per active participant

Michigan Farm Bureau's 2025 employer contribution ran above the $4,093 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 2025 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20251
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator · Loan processing$144,175

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

Administrative cost history4
2025$144,175 · 0.06%
2024$136,627 · 0.06%
2023$149,571 · 0.08%
2022$173,589 · 0.09%
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Lewis Tree Service, Inc. NY$353.6M · 0.01%
World Wildlife Fund, Inc. DC$232.6M · 0.08%
Wright Service Corp. IA$232.4M · 0.00%
AG Processing Inc NE$187.5M · 0.13%
Olam Americas, Inc. CA$175.6M · 0.12%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 381718391 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.