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First Communications, LLC401(k)

FIRST COMMUNICATIONS 401(K) PLAN · AKRON, OH · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.05%

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

First Communications, LLC reported $4,650 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.05% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,264 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 0.08% to 0.05%. 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 Ohio (2,084th of 3,295), and 8,336th of 11,654 in professional & technical services. In 2024, employees put in $2.92 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 122 to 103 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$8,961,162
Participants with balances113
Active participants103
Employer contributions$130,231
Employee contributions$379,926
Employer contribution per active participant$1,264
Average account balance$79,302
Benefits paid to participants$797,061
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorBOBER MARKEY FEDOROVICH
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$9.0M · 113 accts · $130K emplr
2023$8.4M · 126 accts · $148K emplr
2022$7.2M · 155 accts · $153K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$4,650
Total administrative$4,650
The First Communications, LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,264
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$1,264 per active participant
2023$1,283 per active participant
2022$1,251 per active participant

First Communications, LLC's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $1,313 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 · 20241
SYMPHONY FINANCIAL SERVICESindirect comp

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$4,650 · 0.05%
2023$5,850 · 0.07%
2022$6,074 · 0.08%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 341870807 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.