Barnes & Noble, Inc.401(k)
BARNES & NOBLE 401(K) PLAN · WESTBURY, NY · plan year 2024
Peer grade: C+ · admin costs + employer contributions vs same-size plans · how grading works
Barnes & Noble, Inc. reported $453,992 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.06% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $838 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 3 years on file its reported administrative ratio has held roughly steady near 0.061%. The plan sits in the $250M–$1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 2,883 comparable plans and shown alongside other retail trade employers. By assets it is the 146th-largest of 5,648 plans among New York employers on file, and the 83rd of 5,215 in retail trade. In 2024, employees put in $2.20 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.
Barnes & Noble, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $4,294 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.
Annual cost at the plan's reported 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.
Compensation shown is direct payments from plan assets reported on Schedule C. Providers paid through fund revenue-sharing appear as indirect.
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 061196501 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.