Recorded Books, Inc.401(k)
RECORDED BOOKS, INC. 401(K) SAVINGS PLAN · LANDOVER, MD · plan year 2024
Peer grade: C+ · admin costs + employer contributions vs same-size plans · how grading works
Recorded Books, Inc. reported $85,452 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.31% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $1,361 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 0.39% to 0.31%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other information & media employers. By assets it is the 459th-largest of 1,671 plans among Maryland employers on file, and the 760th of 2,199 in information & media. In 2024, employees put in $3.93 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 266 to 326 since 2022.
Recorded Books, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 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.
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Compensation shown is direct payments from plan assets reported on Schedule C. Providers paid through fund revenue-sharing appear as indirect.
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 464533122 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.