Participation rate is below 70% (account-balance holders / active employees) - enrollment or auto-enroll opportunity.
Administrative expenses exceed $300 per participant per year - possible fee-review opportunity. (Recordkeeping / audit / legal; excludes investment management.)
Plan appears closed to new enrollment or frozen - balance-holders far exceed active participants, or the plan reports active distributions with no inflows. Exclude from peer benchmarks.
| Metric | This plan | Peer set | Industry | Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg account balance | $43,628 | $138,076-68.4% | $123,553-64.7% | $135,381-67.8% |
| Participation rate | 50.0% | 84.7%-34.7pp | 82.3%-32.3pp | 82.6%-32.6pp |
| Annual return | -4.25% | 153.70%-158.0pp | 119.21%-123.5pp | 519.81%-524.1pp |
| Employer contribution / active EE | $0 | $5,152-100.0% | $4,628-100.0% | $4,779-100.0% |
| Participant deferral / active EE | $0 | $6,800-100.0% | $6,426-100.0% | $5,609-100.0% |
| Admin fee / account holder | $14,529 | $10,917+33.1% | $9,284+56.5% | $10,828+34.2% |