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Northstar Travel Media, LLC401(k)

NORTHSTAR TRAVEL MEDIA, LLC 401(K) PLAN · SECAUCUS, NJ · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.36%

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

Northstar Travel Media, LLC reported $178,845 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.36% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $1,367 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 0.36%. 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 the 559th-largest of 2,419 plans among New Jersey employers on file, and the 503rd of 2,199 in information & media. In 2024, employees put in $7.22 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 302 to 334 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$51,841,544
Participants with balances418
Active participants334
Employer contributions$456,657
Employee contributions$3,297,883
Employer contribution per active participant$1,367
Average account balance$124,023
Benefits paid to participants$5,752,706
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$51.8M · 418 accts · $457K emplr
2023$47.3M · 425 accts · $429K emplr
2022$38.2M · 409 accts · $2K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$78,033
Investment management$100,812
Total administrative$178,845
The Northstar Travel Media, LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,367
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$1,367 per active participant
2023$1,327 per active participant
2022$8 per active participant

Northstar Travel Media, LLC's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 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.

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
SCHWAB RETIREMENT PLAN SERVICES,INC · Recordkeeping · Investment advisory (participants)$78,033
MORGAN STANLEY · Investment management$100,812

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Charles Schwab
2023Charles Schwab

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Administrative cost history3
2024$178,845 · 0.36%
2023$150,751 · 0.35%
2022$146,461 · 0.35%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 800339152 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.