Plan Ledger DOL Form 5500 · updated monthly

Firstgroup America, Inc.401(k)

FIRST STUDENT, INC. RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN · CINCINNATI, OH · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.30%

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

Firstgroup America, Inc. reported $936,156 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.30% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $130 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 0.20% to 0.30%. The plan sits in the $250M–$1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 2,883 comparable plans and shown alongside other transportation & warehousing employers. By assets it is the 146th-largest of 3,295 plans among Ohio employers on file, and the 109th of 2,677 in transportation & warehousing. In 2024, employees put in $4.03 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$328,168,310
Participants with balances11,465
Active participants49,717
Employer contributions$6,463,562
Employee contributions$26,067,389
Employer contribution per active participant$130
Average account balance$28,623
Benefits paid to participants$50,996,356
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$328.2M · 11,465 accts · $6.5M emplr
2023$303.6M · 10,499 accts · $6.3M emplr
2022$308.4M · 11,350 accts · $7.7M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$720,454
Investment management$62,371
Total administrative$936,156
The Firstgroup America, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$130
Median for plans this size$4,294
2024$130 per active participant
2023$146 per active participant
2022$146 per active participant

Firstgroup America, 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.

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 · 20246
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$124,454
MORRIS, MANNING AND MARTIN · Legal$68,142
CAP FINANCIAL PARTNERS, LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$60,750
EMPLOYEE BENEFIT SOLUTIONS · Consulting$38,388
PLANTE MORAN · Other services$28,500
PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP · Other services$18,302

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$936,156 · 0.30%
2023$932,800 · 0.30%
2022$671,392 · 0.20%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 522205403 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.