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Paragon Die & Engineering Company401(k)

PARAGON DIE & ENGINEERING CO RETIREMENT SVGS PL · GRAND RAPIDS, MI · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.32%

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

Paragon Die & Engineering Company reported $104,208 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.32% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $2,891 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 0.32%. 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 the 711th-largest of 2,619 plans among Michigan employers on file, and the 4,103rd of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $2.43 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$34,120,788
Participants with balances211
Active participants164
Employer contributions$474,109
Employee contributions$1,150,231
Employer contribution per active participant$2,891
Average account balance$161,710
Benefits paid to participants$3,038,242
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorREHMAN ROBSON, LLC
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$34.1M · 211 accts · $474K emplr
2023$31.2M · 212 accts · $465K emplr
2022$28.0M · 212 accts · $466K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$6,434
Investment management$97,774
Total administrative$104,208
The Paragon Die & Engineering Company 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,891
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$2,891 per active participant
2023$2,940 per active participant
2022$2,726 per active participant

Paragon Die & Engineering Company's 2024 employer contribution ran above 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.

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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
GREENLEAF TRUST · Recordkeeping · Trustee$104,208

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024GREENLEAF TRUST
2023GREENLEAF TRUST

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Administrative cost history3
2024$104,208 · 0.32%
2023$91,742 · 0.31%
2022$95,509 · 0.31%
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Modineer Co. MI$33.9M · 0.49%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 381605713 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.