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Mueller Industries, Inc.401(k)

MUELLER INDUSTRIES, INC. 401(K) PLAN · COLLIERVILLE, TN · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.12%

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

Mueller Industries, Inc. reported $207,317 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.12% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $1,667 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 fell from 0.15% to 0.12%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 104th-largest of 1,496 plans among Tennessee employers on file, and the 1,252nd of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $1.63 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$180,012,339
Participants with balances2,288
Active participants2,360
Employer contributions$3,935,181
Employee contributions$6,404,311
Employer contribution per active participant$1,667
Average account balance$78,677
Benefits paid to participants$20,938,185
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$180.0M · 2,288 accts · $3.9M emplr
2023$167.2M · 2,166 accts · $3.9M emplr
2022$144.2M · 2,436 accts · $4.0M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$207,317
Total administrative$207,317
The Mueller Industries, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,667
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$1,667 per active participant
2023$1,830 per active participant
2022$1,709 per active participant

Mueller Industries, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $3,635 median for plans its size, in the bottom 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.

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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 · 20241
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator · Loan processing$207,317

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$207,317 · 0.12%
2023$252,027 · 0.16%
2022$248,695 · 0.15%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 250790410 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.