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Arcadia Publishing401(k)

ARCADIA PUBLISHING 401(K) PLAN · MOUNT PLEASANT, SC · plan year 2022

Reported admin expense ratio · 2022
1.14%

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

Arcadia Publishing reported $34,306 in plan administrative expenses for 2022: 1.14% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $797 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.

The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 30,021 comparable plans and shown alongside other information & media employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in South Carolina (657th of 807), and 2,045th of 2,199 in information & media. In 2022, employees put in $4.71 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$2,853,752
Participants with balances84
Active participants103
Employer contributions$82,051
Employee contributions$386,418
Employer contribution per active participant$797
Average account balance$33,973
Benefits paid to participants$167,851
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2022
Recordkeeping & contract admin$12,046
Investment management$16,260
Professional / advisory$6,000
Total administrative$34,306
The Arcadia Publishing 401(k) match · 2022
Employer contribution per active participant$797
Median for plans this size$1,114

Arcadia Publishing's 2022 employer contribution ran below the $1,114 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 2022 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Administrative cost history1
2022$34,306 · 1.14%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 020467077 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.