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R.W. Mercer Company401(k)

R.W. MERCER CO. 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN · JACKSON, MI · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.20%

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

R.W. Mercer Company reported $21,050 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.20% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $1,282 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 0.24% to 0.20%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other construction employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Michigan (1,453rd of 2,619), and 2,925th of 5,337 in construction. In 2024, employees put in $4.47 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$11,244,916
Participants with balances164
Active participants155
Employer contributions$198,746
Employee contributions$889,190
Employer contribution per active participant$1,282
Average account balance$68,567
Benefits paid to participants$1,126,913
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$0 · $136K emplr
2024$11.2M · 164 accts · $199K emplr
2023$9.9M · 169 accts · $195K emplr
2022$7.9M · 165 accts · $183K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$21,050
Total administrative$21,050
The R.W. Mercer Company 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,282
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$1,282 per active participant
2023$1,298 per active participant
2022$1,273 per active participant

R.W. Mercer Company's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 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
ASCENSUS LLC · Loan processing · Recordkeeping$21,050

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

Recordkeeper by year3
2025Ascensus
2024Ascensus
2023Ascensus

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Administrative cost history4
2025Not separately reported
2024$21,050 · 0.20%
2023$16,721 · 0.19%
2022$21,417 · 0.24%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 382120488 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.