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Barrington Media Group LLC401(k)

BARRINGTON MEDIA GROUP LLC 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN & TRUST · SHELTON, CT · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.85%

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

Barrington Media Group LLC reported $70,110 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.85% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $5,023 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 rose from 0.59% to 0.85%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other professional & technical services employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Connecticut (792nd of 1,106), and 8,368th of 11,654 in professional & technical services. In 2024, employees put in $1.81 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 261 to 125 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$8,862,271
Participants with balances226
Active participants125
Employer contributions$627,909
Employee contributions$1,138,458
Employer contribution per active participant$5,023
Average account balance$39,214
Benefits paid to participants$1,726,924
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$8.9M · 226 accts · $628K emplr
2023$7.7M · 323 accts · $773K emplr
2022$5.7M · 312 accts · $925K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$48,929
Investment management$20,321
Trustee / custodial$860
Total administrative$70,110
The Barrington Media Group LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$5,023
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$5,023 per active participant
2023$4,181 per active participant
2022$3,546 per active participant

Barrington Media Group LLC's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $1,313 median for plans its size, placing it in the top 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 · 20242
PAYCHEX, INC. · Contract administrator · Recordkeeping$49,919
UBS - RETIREMENT PLAN CONSULTING · Investment advisory (participants)$18,735

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Paychex
2023Paychex, UBS

This plan has changed recordkeepers within these filings. If you left Barrington Media Group LLC before a switch, your account may sit at the earlier firm or in a rollover IRA. Looking for an account from a past job here? How to find an old 401(k).

Administrative cost history3
2024$70,110 · 0.85%
2023$43,521 · 0.65%
2022$26,794 · 0.59%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 020542126 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.