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Salem Media Group, Inc.401(k)

SALEM MEDIA GROUP, INC. EMPLOYEES 401(K) PLAN · CAMARILLO, CA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.16%

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

Salem Media Group, Inc. reported $195,117 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.16% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $0 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 0.17% 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 818th-largest of 9,483 plans among California employers on file, and the 264th of 2,199 in information & media.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$127,948,871
Participants with balances1,406
Active participants1,260
Employer contributions$0
Employee contributions$7,702,540
Employer contribution per active participant$0
Average account balance$91,002
Benefits paid to participants$17,671,398
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$127.9M · 1,406 accts
2023$121.8M · 1,708 accts · $1.2M emplr
2022$105.4M · 1,525 accts · $2.0M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$69,602
Investment management$110,015
Audit (IQPA)$15,500
Total administrative$195,117
The Salem Media Group, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$0
Median for plans this size$3,635
2023$1,027 per active participant
2022$1,485 per active participant

Salem Media Group, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $3,635 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 · 20244
ALLIANT INSURANCE SERVICES INC DBA · Investment advisory (plan)$79,333
EMPOWER ADVISORY GROUP, LLC · Investment management$30,682
MILLER KAPLAN ARASE LLP · Accounting / audit$15,500

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$195,117 · 0.16%
2023$178,278 · 0.16%
2022$193,958 · 0.17%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 770121400 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.