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Politico Media Group, LLC401(k)

POLITICO MEDIA GROUP 401(K) PLAN · ARLINGTON, VA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.16%

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

Politico Media Group, LLC reported $125,264 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.16% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $3,188 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 0.29% to 0.16%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other information & media employers. By assets it is the 321st-largest of 2,266 plans among Virginia employers on file, and the 349th of 2,199 in information & media. In 2024, employees put in $3.55 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$86,371,197
Participants with balances963
Active participants774
Employer contributions$2,467,175
Employee contributions$8,760,570
Employer contribution per active participant$3,188
Average account balance$89,690
Benefits paid to participants$4,808,870
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorAPRIO LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$86.4M · 963 accts · $2.5M emplr
2023$67.8M · 967 accts · $2.3M emplr
2022$51.8M · 946 accts · $2.0M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$84,119
Investment management$14,895
Audit (IQPA)$26,250
Total administrative$125,264
The Politico Media Group, LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$3,188
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$3,188 per active participant
2023$2,687 per active participant
2022$2,358 per active participant

Politico Media Group, LLC's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $3,635 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 · 20243
THE VANGUARD GROUP, INC. · Recordkeeping · Consulting$85,222
APRIO, LLP · Accounting / audit$26,250
SAGEVIEW ADVISORY GROUP LLC · Consulting$10,300

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Vanguard
2023Vanguard

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Administrative cost history3
2024$125,264 · 0.16%
2023$114,741 · 0.19%
2022$75,580 · 0.29%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 274022975 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.