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Midwest Engineered Systems, Inc.401(k)

MIDWEST ENGINEERED SYSTEMS GROUP 401(K) PLAN · WAUKESHA, WI · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.51%

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

Midwest Engineered Systems, Inc. reported $67,935 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.51% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,564 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 has held roughly steady near 0.51%. 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 among the smaller plans on file in Wisconsin (1,048th of 1,936), and 7,095th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $5.57 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 105 to 152 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$14,995,098
Participants with balances172
Active participants152
Employer contributions$237,710
Employee contributions$1,324,820
Employer contribution per active participant$1,564
Average account balance$87,181
Benefits paid to participants$290,993
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorCHORTEK
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$15.0M · 172 accts · $238K emplr
2023$11.7M · 142 accts · $185K emplr
2022$9.2M · 120 accts · $154K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$34,190
Investment management$33,745
Total administrative$67,935
The Midwest Engineered Systems, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,564
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$1,564 per active participant
2023$1,469 per active participant
2022$1,465 per active participant

Midwest Engineered Systems, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below 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
JOHN HANCOCK · Recordkeeping$32,853
NEXT LEVEL PLANNING · Consulting · Insurance broker$33,745

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024John Hancock
2023John Hancock

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Administrative cost history3
2024$67,935 · 0.51%
2023$56,852 · 0.54%
2022$48,603 · 0.50%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 391748087 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.