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Participant Media, LLC401(k)

PARTICIPANT MEDIA 401(K) PLAN · CULVER CITY, CA · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.34%

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

Participant Media, LLC reported $84,194 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.34% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $8,718 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 0.36% to 0.43%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 26,779 comparable plans and shown alongside other information & media employers. By assets it is the 2,945th-largest of 9,483 plans among California employers on file, and the 854th of 2,199 in information & media. In 2023, employees put in $1.29 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$26,534,192
Participants with balances218
Active participants111
Employer contributions$967,718
Employee contributions$1,243,576
Employer contribution per active participant$8,718
Average account balance$121,716
Benefits paid to participants$2,272,913
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorMETZ & ASSOCIATES
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$0 · $100K emplr
2024$16.7M · 98 accts · $588K emplr
2023$26.5M · 218 accts · $968K emplr
2022$22.4M · 221 accts · $939K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Investment management$84,194
Total administrative$84,194
The Participant Media, LLC 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$8,718
Median for plans this size$2,440
2024$5,999 per active participant
2023$8,718 per active participant
2022$8,236 per active participant

Participant Media, LLC's 2023 employer contribution ran above the $2,440 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 2023 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20233
NFP RETIREMENT INC · Investment advisory (plan)$58,775
EMPOWER ADVISORY GROUP, LLC · Investment management$25,419

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

Administrative cost history4
2025Not separately reported
2024$93,182 · 0.43%
2023$84,194 · 0.34%
2022$88,600 · 0.36%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 200867726 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.