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Publisher First, Inc. dba Freestar401(k)

FREESTAR, LLC 401(K) PLAN · SCOTTSDALE, AZ · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.13%

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

Publisher First, Inc. dba Freestar reported $5,400 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.13% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $6,445 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 0.09% to 0.29%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 22,307 comparable plans and shown alongside other professional & technical services employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Arizona (826th of 1,285), and 9,746th of 11,654 in professional & technical services. In 2023, employees put in $1.16 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 102 to 113 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$5,129,236
Participants with balances189
Active participants113
Employer contributions$728,284
Employee contributions$843,190
Employer contribution per active participant$6,445
Average account balance$27,139
Benefits paid to participants$542,496
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$2K · $428K emplr
2023$5.1M · 189 accts · $728K emplr
2022$3.3M · 160 accts · $390K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Recordkeeping & contract admin$2,308
Investment management$3,092
Total administrative$5,400
The Publisher First, Inc. dba Freestar 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$6,445
Median for plans this size$1,308
2023$6,445 per active participant
2022$3,825 per active participant

Publisher First, Inc. dba Freestar's 2023 employer contribution ran above the $1,308 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 · 20231
GUIDELINE, INC. · Plan administrator · Recordkeeping$5,400

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$7,360 · 0.29%
2023$5,400 · 0.13%
2022$2,883 · 0.09%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 812650436 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.