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.)
Retirees and beneficiaries make up 25% or more of total participants - indicates an ageing workforce or a frozen plan.
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 | $44,037 | $165,407-73.4% | $149,751-70.6% | $158,988-72.3% |
| Participation rate | 0.0% | 84.6%-84.6pp | 82.5%-82.5pp | 82.0%-82.0pp |
| Annual return | 16.94% | 348.32%-331.4pp | 276.71%-259.8pp | 303.00%-286.1pp |
| Employer contribution / active EE | $0 | $5,105-100.0% | $4,646-100.0% | $4,763-100.0% |
| Participant deferral / active EE | $0 | $7,183-100.0% | $6,843-100.0% | $5,983-100.0% |
| Admin fee / account holder | $36,056 | $10,812+233.5% | $9,312+287.2% | $11,252+220.4% |