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Airlines Reporting Corporation401(k)

ARC EMPLOYEES SAVINGS PLAN · ARLINGTON, VA · plan year 2025

Reported admin expense ratio · 2025
0.14%

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

Airlines Reporting Corporation reported $147,615 in plan administrative expenses for 2025: 0.14% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $5,948 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 4 years on file its reported administrative ratio has held roughly steady near 0.136%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 605 comparable plans and shown alongside other information & media employers. By assets it is the 252nd-largest of 2,266 plans among Virginia employers on file, and the 285th of 2,199 in information & media. In 2025, employees put in $2.37 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 300 to 365 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$114,832,065
Participants with balances450
Active participants365
Employer contributions$2,170,861
Employee contributions$5,148,090
Employer contribution per active participant$5,948
Average account balance$255,182
Benefits paid to participants$11,511,022
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$114.8M · 450 accts · $2.2M emplr
2024$102.9M · 452 accts · $2.1M emplr
2023$91.8M · 456 accts · $1.8M emplr
2022$76.2M · 424 accts · $1.6M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2025
Recordkeeping & contract admin$147,615
Total administrative$147,615
The Airlines Reporting Corporation 401(k) match · 2025
Employer contribution per active participant$5,948
Median for plans this size$4,093
2025$5,948 per active participant
2024$5,898 per active participant
2023$5,323 per active participant
2022$5,351 per active participant

Airlines Reporting Corporation's 2025 employer contribution ran above the $4,093 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 2025 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20253
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator · Loan processing$147,614
CREATIVE PLANNING, INC. · Investment advisory (plan)indirect comp
CREATIVE PLANNING, LLC · Investment advisory (participants)indirect comp

Compensation shown is direct payments from plan assets reported on Schedule C. Providers paid through fund revenue-sharing appear as indirect.

Administrative cost history4
2025$147,615 · 0.14%
2024$140,380 · 0.14%
2023$116,911 · 0.14%
2022$116,055 · 0.14%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 521367276 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.