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Society of Manufacturing Engineers403(b)

SME EMPLOYEE SAVINGS PLAN · SOUTHFIELD, MI · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.03%

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

Society of Manufacturing Engineers reported $11,144 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.03% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $5,416 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 0.028%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other other services employers. By assets it is the 574th-largest of 2,619 plans among Michigan employers on file, and the 494th of 3,341 in other services. In 2024, employees put in $1.55 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 195 to 236 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$43,718,406
Participants with balances356
Active participants236
Employer contributions$1,278,213
Employee contributions$1,979,652
Employer contribution per active participant$5,416
Average account balance$122,805
Benefits paid to participants$2,254,383
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$43.7M · 356 accts · $1.3M emplr
2023$37.0M · 319 accts · $1.1M emplr
2022$30.9M · 298 accts · $1.0M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$788
Investment management$10,356
Total administrative$11,144
Employer contributions to the Society of Manufacturing Engineers plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$5,416
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$5,416 per active participant
2023$5,307 per active participant
2022$5,376 per active participant

Society of Manufacturing Engineers's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $2,416 median for plans its size, placing it in the top 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.

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 · 20242
STRATEGIC ADVISORS, INC. · Investment advisory (plan)$10,356
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$788

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$11,144 · 0.03%
2023$12,046 · 0.04%
2022$9,441 · 0.03%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 380298770 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.