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STATES NEWSROOM 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN & TRUST · CHAPEL HILL, NC · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.60%

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

States Newsroom reported $34,316 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.60% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $2,190 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 0.41% to 0.60%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other professional & technical services employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in North Carolina (1,302nd of 2,005), and 9,028th of 11,654 in professional & technical services. In 2024, employees put in $3.03 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 146 to 217 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$7,033,172
Participants with balances228
Active participants217
Employer contributions$475,229
Employee contributions$1,439,429
Employer contribution per active participant$2,190
Average account balance$30,847
Benefits paid to participants$303,972
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorWIPFLI LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$7.0M · 228 accts · $475K emplr
2023$4.4M · 206 accts · $379K emplr
2022$2.3M · 145 accts · $249K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$33,203
Investment management$253
Trustee / custodial$860
Total administrative$34,316
The States Newsroom 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,190
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$2,190 per active participant
2023$1,788 per active participant
2022$1,704 per active participant

States Newsroom's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $1,313 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.

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 · 20242
PAYCHEX, INC. · Recordkeeping$20,483
401K GENERATION · Contract administrator$14,581

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$34,316 · 0.60%
2023$14,008 · 0.42%
2022$7,906 · 0.41%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 842113822 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.