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Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc.401(k)

ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHING GROUP, INC. 401(K) PLAN · LANHAM, MD · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.13%

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

Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc. reported $30,564 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.13% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $1,012 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 3 years on file its reported administrative ratio has held roughly steady near 0.136%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 26,779 comparable plans and shown alongside other retail trade employers. By assets it is the 537th-largest of 1,671 plans among Maryland employers on file, and the 1,176th of 5,215 in retail trade. In 2023, employees put in $3.28 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$25,884,740
Participants with balances321
Active participants324
Employer contributions$327,744
Employee contributions$1,076,163
Employer contribution per active participant$1,012
Average account balance$80,638
Benefits paid to participants$925,198
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorMARCUM LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$23.9M · 263 accts · $259K emplr
2023$25.9M · 321 accts · $328K emplr
2022$21.6M · 307 accts · $312K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Recordkeeping & contract admin$30,564
Total administrative$30,564
The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc. 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$1,012
Median for plans this size$2,440
2024$1,257 per active participant
2023$1,012 per active participant
2022$971 per active participant

Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc.'s 2023 employer contribution ran below the $2,440 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.

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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
SCHWAB RETIREMENT PLAN SERVICES,INC · Recordkeeping$30,565

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Charles Schwab
2023Charles Schwab

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Administrative cost history3
2024$33,875 · 0.14%
2023$30,564 · 0.13%
2022$34,483 · 0.14%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 521164576 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.