Plan Ledger DOL Form 5500 · updated monthly

Joongangilbo USA Inc.401(k)

THE KOREA DAILY 401K PLAN · LOS ANGELES, CA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.15%

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

Joongangilbo USA Inc. reported $15,435 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.15% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $751 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 0.04% to 0.15%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other information & media employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in California (5,231st of 9,483), and 1,453rd of 2,199 in information & media. In 2024, employees put in $7.94 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$10,856,072
Participants with balances96
Active participants61
Employer contributions$45,797
Employee contributions$363,624
Employer contribution per active participant$751
Average account balance$113,084
Benefits paid to participants$532,419
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorKIM AND LEE, LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$10.9M · 96 accts · $46K emplr
2023$9.4M · 107 accts · $50K emplr
2022$7.8M · 104 accts · $47K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$988
Investment management$4,447
Audit (IQPA)$10,000
Total administrative$15,435
The Joongangilbo USA Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$751
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$751 per active participant
2023$758 per active participant
2022$818 per active participant

Joongangilbo USA Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 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
AMERICAN UNITED LIFE INSURANCE CO · Recordkeeping · Loan processing$1,213
KIM AND LEE, LLP · Accounting / audit$10,000

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024OneAmerica
2023OneAmerica

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Administrative cost history3
2024$15,435 · 0.15%
2023$4,582 · 0.05%
2022$3,394 · 0.04%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 954839290 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.