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American Marketing & Publishing, L.L.C.401(k)

AMERICAN MARKETING & PUBLISHING, L.L.C. 401(K) PLAN · DEKALB, IL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.67%

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

American Marketing & Publishing, L.L.C. reported $73,072 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.67% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $337 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 0.77% to 0.67%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other information & media employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Illinois (2,200th of 3,702), and 1,360th of 2,199 in information & media. In 2024, employees put in $10.87 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 250 to 399 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$12,278,119
Participants with balances396
Active participants399
Employer contributions$134,605
Employee contributions$1,462,915
Employer contribution per active participant$337
Average account balance$31,005
Benefits paid to participants$386,540
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorSMITH AND HOWARD, P.C.
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$12.3M · 396 accts · $135K emplr
2023$9.4M · 381 accts · $96K emplr
2022$7.1M · 329 accts · $85K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$46,204
Total administrative$73,072
The American Marketing & Publishing, L.L.C. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$337
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$337 per active participant
2023$319 per active participant
2022$339 per active participant

American Marketing & Publishing, L.L.C.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 median for plans its size, in the bottom 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.

Service providers · 20243
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$46,204
GLOBAL RETIREMENT PARTNERS, LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$13,639
WELLTH ADVISORY SERVICES, LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$13,229

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

Administrative cost history3
2024$73,072 · 0.67%
2023$60,780 · 0.74%
2022$56,204 · 0.77%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 832820337 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.