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Saga Communications Inc.401(k)

SAGA COMMUNICATIONS, INC. EMPLOYEES' 401 (K) SAVINGS & INVESTMENT PLAN · GROSSE POINTE FARMS, MI · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.09%

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

Saga Communications Inc. reported $38,239 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.09% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $354 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 0.12% to 0.09%. 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 552nd-largest of 2,619 plans among Michigan employers on file, and the 554th of 2,199 in information & media. In 2024, employees put in $7.77 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$46,241,989
Participants with balances635
Active participants821
Employer contributions$290,728
Employee contributions$2,259,561
Employer contribution per active participant$354
Average account balance$72,822
Benefits paid to participants$3,964,279
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorUHY LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$46.2M · 635 accts · $291K emplr
2023$43.7M · 566 accts · $268K emplr
2022$38.6M · 492 accts · $256K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$38,239
Total administrative$38,239
The Saga Communications Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$354
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$354 per active participant
2023$332 per active participant
2022$315 per active participant

Saga Communications Inc.'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 · 20241
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator · Loan processing$38,239

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$38,239 · 0.09%
2023$30,989 · 0.08%
2022$52,740 · 0.12%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 383042953 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.