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Pg Publishing Company401(k)

THE PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE UNION 401(K) PLAN · PITTSBURGH, PA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.26%

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

Pg Publishing Company reported $76,419 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.26% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $448 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 0.14% to 0.26%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 1,195th-largest of 3,651 plans among Pennsylvania employers on file, and the 4,527th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $3.78 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 190 to 165 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$29,666,685
Participants with balances245
Active participants165
Employer contributions$73,884
Employee contributions$279,082
Employer contribution per active participant$448
Average account balance$121,089
Benefits paid to participants$4,921,679
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorCASE SABATINI
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$29.7M · 245 accts · $74K emplr
2023$29.4M · 252 accts · $68K emplr
2022$28.8M · 254 accts · $74K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$76,419
Total administrative$76,419
The Pg Publishing Company 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$448
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$448 per active participant
2023$404 per active participant
2022$390 per active participant

Pg Publishing Company's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 median for plans its size, in the bottom 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
METRO BENEFITS, INC.$12,500
NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL WEALTHindirect 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$76,419 · 0.26%
2023$78,769 · 0.27%
2022$47,766 · 0.14%
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Smooth-On, Inc. PA$30.1M · 0.27%
Dmi Companies, Inc. PA$29.9M · 0.20%
R-V Industries, Inc. PA$29.9M · 0.10%
M. H. Eby, Inc PA$29.8M · 0.71%
Chalmers & Kubeck, Inc. PA$29.4M · 0.14%
Phb, Inc. PA$29.3M · 0.40%
Dura-Bond Industries, Inc. PA$29.1M · 0.03%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 940692700 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.