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Almaden Press & Publishing, LLC.401(k)

ALMADEN 401(K) PLAN · SANTA CLARA, CA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.27%

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

Almaden Press & Publishing, LLC. reported $20,038 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.27% of average plan assets, below 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 0.35% to 0.27%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other information & media employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in California (6,070th of 9,483), and 1,655th of 2,199 in information & media. active participation has grown from 126 to 154 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$7,829,999
Participants with balances176
Active participants154
Employer contributions$0
Employee contributions$977,636
Employer contribution per active participant$0
Average account balance$44,489
Benefits paid to participants$1,127,616
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$7.8M · 176 accts
2023$6.9M · 162 accts
2022$5.7M · 165 accts
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$2,325
Investment management$17,713
Total administrative$20,038
The Almaden Press & Publishing, LLC. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$0
Median for plans this size$1,313

Almaden Press & Publishing, LLC.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $1,313 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 · 20242
BAYBRIDGE CAPITAL GROUP LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$17,713
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$2,325

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$20,038 · 0.27%
2023$20,056 · 0.32%
2022$21,025 · 0.35%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 770584791 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.