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Graham Holdings Company401(k)

THE SAVINGS PLAN FOR GRAHAM HOLDINGS COMPANY · ARLINGTON, VA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.06%

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

Graham Holdings Company reported $292,531 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.06% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $329 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 0.056%. The plan sits in the $250M–$1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 2,883 comparable plans and shown alongside other educational services employers. By assets it is the 69th-largest of 2,266 plans among Virginia employers on file, and the 100th of 3,091 in educational services. In 2024, employees put in $19.71 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 2,863 to 2,570 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$537,118,043
Participants with balances4,952
Active participants2,570
Employer contributions$846,541
Employee contributions$16,688,713
Employer contribution per active participant$329
Average account balance$108,465
Benefits paid to participants$80,004,021
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$537.1M · 4,952 accts · $847K emplr
2023$505.1M · 3,407 accts · $1.4M emplr
2022$407.8M · 3,284 accts · $1.4M emplr
The Graham Holdings Company 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$329
Median for plans this size$4,294
2024$329 per active participant
2023$439 per active participant
2022$472 per active participant

Graham Holdings Company'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 · 20242
THE VANGUARD GROUP, INC. · Recordkeeping · Consulting$181,260
VANGUARD ADVISERS INC. · Investment advisory (participants)$121,031

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$292,531 · 0.06%
2023$242,263 · 0.05%
2022$249,808 · 0.06%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 530182885 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.