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Miele, Inc.401(k)

MIELE, INC. 401(K) PLAN · PRINCETON, NJ · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.27%

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

Miele, Inc. reported $135,924 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.27% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $2,597 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 0.16% to 0.27%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other wholesale trade employers. By assets it is the 555th-largest of 2,419 plans among New Jersey employers on file, and the 778th of 4,246 in wholesale trade. In 2024, employees put in $3.00 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 466 to 389 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$52,667,642
Participants with balances583
Active participants389
Employer contributions$1,010,182
Employee contributions$3,027,981
Employer contribution per active participant$2,597
Average account balance$90,339
Benefits paid to participants$6,127,777
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$52.7M · 583 accts · $1.0M emplr
2023$48.6M · 618 accts · $1.1M emplr
2022$41.5M · 659 accts · $1.1M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$63,576
Investment management$72,348
Total administrative$135,924
The Miele, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,597
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$2,597 per active participant
2023$2,760 per active participant
2022$2,349 per active participant

Miele, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $3,635 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 · 20243
ADP, INC. · Loan processing · Recordkeeping$81,677
MERRILL LYNCH PIERCE FENNER & SMITH · Recordkeeping · Pension consulting$53,721
ADP BROKER-DEALER · Other servicesindirect 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
2024ADP, Bank of America / Merrill
2023ADP

This plan has changed recordkeepers within these filings. If you left Miele, Inc. before a switch, your account may sit at the earlier firm or in a rollover IRA. Looking for an account from a past job here? How to find an old 401(k).

Administrative cost history3
2024$135,924 · 0.27%
2023$63,109 · 0.14%
2022$72,641 · 0.16%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 133172349 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.