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 | $68,206 | $176,130-61.3% | $159,495-57.2% | $167,560-59.3% |
| Participation rate | 0.0% | 85.0%-85.0pp | 82.8%-82.8pp | 82.1%-82.1pp |
| Annual return | 16.76% | 331.97%-315.2pp | 263.72%-247.0pp | 478.94%-462.2pp |
| Employer contribution / active EE | $0 | $5,300-100.0% | $4,831-100.0% | $4,840-100.0% |
| Participant deferral / active EE | $0 | $7,752-100.0% | $7,354-100.0% | $6,343-100.0% |
| Admin fee / account holder | $13,462 | $12,562+7.2% | $10,804+24.6% | $12,317+9.3% |