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Media Source, Inc.401(k)

MEDIA SOURCE, INC 401K PLAN · PLAIN CITY, OH · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.41%

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

Media Source, Inc. reported $40,503 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.41% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $2,324 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 0.51% to 0.41%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other wholesale trade employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Ohio (1,952nd of 3,295), and 2,843rd of 4,246 in wholesale trade. In 2024, employees put in $2.30 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$10,518,701
Participants with balances160
Active participants155
Employer contributions$360,171
Employee contributions$827,768
Employer contribution per active participant$2,324
Average account balance$65,742
Benefits paid to participants$1,114,286
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$10.5M · 160 accts · $360K emplr
2023$9.2M · 161 accts · $356K emplr
2022$7.5M · 150 accts · $290K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$3,906
Investment management$36,597
Total administrative$40,503
The Media Source, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,324
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$2,324 per active participant
2023$1,945 per active participant
2022$1,757 per active participant

Media Source, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran above the $1,313 median for plans its size, placing it in the top 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 · 20243
RBC · Recordkeeping · Trustee$25,033
ADP, INC. · Loan processing · Recordkeeping$15,469
ADP BROKER-DEALERindirect comp

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024ADP, RBC
2023ADP, RBC

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Administrative cost history3
2024$40,503 · 0.41%
2023$35,065 · 0.42%
2022$43,676 · 0.51%
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Young Truck Sales, Inc OH$10.9M · 0.52%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 341297143 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.