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The Essmueller Company401(k)

THE ESSMUELLER COMPANY 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN · LAUREL, MS · plan year 2022

Reported admin expense ratio · 2022
0.91%

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

The Essmueller Company reported $30,926 in plan administrative expenses for 2022: 0.91% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,319 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.

The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 30,021 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Mississippi (294th of 367), and 12,438th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2022, employees put in $2.97 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$2,728,425
Participants with balances90
Active participants90
Employer contributions$118,690
Employee contributions$352,094
Employer contribution per active participant$1,319
Average account balance$30,316
Benefits paid to participants$1,292,281
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorHADDOX REID EUBANKS & BETTS, LLC
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2022
Recordkeeping & contract admin$2,219
Investment management$18,457
Professional / advisory$10,250
Total administrative$30,926
The The Essmueller Company 401(k) match · 2022
Employer contribution per active participant$1,319
Median for plans this size$1,114

The Essmueller Company's 2022 employer contribution ran above the $1,114 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 2022 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Administrative cost history1
2022$30,926 · 0.91%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 430977520 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.