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Particle Media, Inc.401(k)

PARTICLE MEDIA 401(K) PLAN · MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.10%

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

Particle Media, Inc. reported $10,179 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.10% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $11,050 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 0.01% to 0.10%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other professional & technical services employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in California (5,158th of 9,483), and 7,645th of 11,654 in professional & technical services. In 2024, employees put in $1.36 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$11,152,959
Participants with balances132
Active participants92
Employer contributions$1,016,556
Employee contributions$1,385,422
Employer contribution per active participant$11,050
Average account balance$84,492
Benefits paid to participants$1,076,295
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$11.2M · 132 accts · $1.0M emplr
2023$8.3M · 128 accts · $1.2M emplr
2022$5.7M · 135 accts · $1.3M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$2,240
Investment management$7,939
Total administrative$10,179
The Particle Media, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$11,050
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$11,050 per active participant
2023$15,264 per active participant
2022$14,868 per active participant

Particle Media, 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 · 20242
GUIDELINE, INC. · Plan administrator · Recordkeeping$9,227
BENEFIT TRUST COMPANY · Custodial · Custodial (securities)indirect comp

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

Administrative cost history3
2024$10,179 · 0.10%
2023$3,104 · 0.04%
2022$569 · 0.01%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 611754994 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.