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Associated Press401(k)

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 401K RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN · NEW YORK, NY · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.06%

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

Associated Press reported $495,169 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.06% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $7,107 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 0.062% to 0.059%. The plan sits in the $250M–$1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 2,883 comparable plans and shown alongside other information & media employers. By assets it is the 134th-largest of 5,648 plans among New York employers on file, and the 56th of 2,199 in information & media. In 2024, employees put in $1.54 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$881,108,949
Participants with balances2,312
Active participants1,375
Employer contributions$9,771,511
Employee contributions$15,088,475
Employer contribution per active participant$7,107
Average account balance$381,102
Benefits paid to participants$53,607,105
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$881.1M · 2,312 accts · $9.8M emplr
2023$795.4M · 2,329 accts · $9.3M emplr
2022$704.0M · 2,294 accts · $9.5M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$108,400
Investment management$352,156
Audit (IQPA)$34,613
Total administrative$495,169
The Associated Press 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$7,107
Median for plans this size$4,294
2024$7,107 per active participant
2023$6,823 per active participant
2022$7,256 per active participant

Associated Press's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $4,294 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 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20245
VANGUARD GROUP INC. · Recordkeeping · Consulting$111,100
VANGUARD ADIVSERS INC. · Investment advisory (participants)$235,656
PROCYON INSTITUTIONAL PARTNERS LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$116,500
ERNST & YOUNG LLP · Accounting / audit$34,612
WALLACH & ASSOCIATES INC · Accounting / audit$3,500

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Vanguard
2023Vanguard

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Administrative cost history3
2024$495,169 · 0.06%
2023$513,221 · 0.07%
2022$489,439 · 0.06%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 130452880 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.