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Msa Worldwide, LLC401(k)

MSA RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN · CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP, PA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.08%

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

Msa Worldwide, LLC reported $333,997 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.08% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $4,055 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 1 year on file its reported administrative ratio fell from 0.10% to 0.08%. The plan sits in the $250M–$1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 2,883 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 180th-largest of 3,651 plans among Pennsylvania employers on file, and the 660th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $1.84 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$415,447,294
Participants with balances2,687
Active participants2,324
Employer contributions$9,423,536
Employee contributions$17,373,893
Employer contribution per active participant$4,055
Average account balance$154,614
Benefits paid to participants$40,887,436
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$415.4M · 2,687 accts · $9.4M emplr
2023$373.6M · 2,607 accts · $8.8M emplr
2022$324.8M · 2,540 accts · $8.1M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$198,019
Investment management$104,426
Audit (IQPA)$18,900
Total administrative$333,997
The Msa Worldwide, LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$4,055
Median for plans this size$4,294
2024$4,055 per active participant
2023$3,886 per active participant
2022$3,661 per active participant

Msa Worldwide, LLC's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $4,294 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 · 20245
STRATEGIC ADVISORS INC · Investment advisory (plan)$104,426
UBS FINANCIAL SERVICES INC · Consulting$85,000
BAKER TILLY US, LLP · Accounting / audit$18,900
REED SMITH LLP · Legal$12,652

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$333,997 · 0.08%
2023$364,268 · 0.10%
2022Not separately reported
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 464914866 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.