Sandusky Newspapers Inc401(k)
SANDUSKY NEWSPAPERS GROUP 401K RETIREMENT PLAN AND TRUST · CHAGRIN FALLS, OH · plan year 2023
Peer grade: C · admin costs + employer contributions vs same-size plans · how grading works
Sandusky Newspapers Inc reported $36,538 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.35% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $582 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 0.34% to 0.45%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 26,779 comparable plans and shown alongside other information & media employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Ohio (1,944th of 3,295), and 1,475th of 2,199 in information & media. In 2023, employees put in $3.93 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 112 to 89 since 2022.
Sandusky Newspapers 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.
Annual cost at the plan's reported 2023 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.
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 344346500 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.