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Varnum LLP401(k)

VARNUM PROFIT-SHARING AND RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN · GRAND RAPIDS, MI · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.02%

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

Varnum LLP reported $39,234 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.02% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $17,060 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 0.04% to 0.02%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other professional & technical services employers. By assets it is the 160th-largest of 2,619 plans among Michigan employers on file, and the 859th of 11,654 in professional & technical services. In 2024, the employer put in $1.68 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$186,096,054
Participants with balances319
Active participants263
Employer contributions$4,486,824
Employee contributions$2,671,378
Employer contribution per active participant$17,060
Average account balance$583,373
Benefits paid to participants$8,884,756
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$186.1M · 319 accts · $4.5M emplr
2023$164.9M · 306 accts · $4.1M emplr
2022$152.3M · 299 accts · $3.8M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$39,234
Total administrative$39,234
The Varnum LLP 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$17,060
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$17,060 per active participant
2023$16,962 per active participant
2022$15,764 per active participant

Varnum LLP's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $3,635 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.

Administrative cost history3
2024$39,234 · 0.02%
2023$36,308 · 0.02%
2022$64,771 · 0.04%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 381294924 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.