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Journal Publishing Company401(k)

JOURNAL PUBLISHING CO. 401(K) SAVINGS PLAN · TUPELO, MS · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.14%

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

Journal Publishing Company reported $13,109 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.14% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,134 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 0.23% to 0.14%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other information & media employers. By assets it is the 178th-largest of 367 plans among Mississippi employers on file, and 1,531st of 2,199 in information & media. In 2024, employees put in $1.78 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 127 to 97 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$9,677,502
Participants with balances159
Active participants97
Employer contributions$110,000
Employee contributions$196,231
Employer contribution per active participant$1,134
Average account balance$60,865
Benefits paid to participants$1,823,065
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorNAIL MCKINNEY, PA
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$9.7M · 159 accts · $110K emplr
2023$9.0M · 196 accts
2022$8.1M · 257 accts
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$13,109
Total administrative$13,109
The Journal Publishing Company 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,134
Median for plans this size$1,313

Journal Publishing Company'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.

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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
STANCORP FINANCIAL GROUP · Claims processing · Recordkeeping$60,796

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024The Standard
2023The Standard

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Administrative cost history3
2024$13,109 · 0.14%
2023$20,215 · 0.24%
2022$21,157 · 0.23%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 640183970 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.