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The Dispatch Printing Company401(k)

THE DISPATCH PRINTING CO. & ASSOC. ERS 401(K) PLAN · COLUMBUS, OH · plan year 2022

Reported admin expense ratio · 2022
0.05%

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

The Dispatch Printing Company reported $34,676 in plan administrative expenses for 2022: 0.05% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $9,451 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 1 year on file its reported administrative ratio fell from 0.05% to 0.01%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 9,341 comparable plans and shown alongside other information & media employers. By assets it is the 523rd-largest of 3,295 plans among Ohio employers on file, and the 423rd of 2,199 in information & media. In 2022, employees put in $1.74 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$65,174,303
Participants with balances377
Active participants17
Employer contributions$160,673
Employee contributions$278,851
Employer contribution per active participant$9,451
Average account balance$172,876
Benefits paid to participants$4,975,938
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$60.8M · 255 accts · $185K emplr
2023$58.4M · 298 accts · $173K emplr
2022$65.2M · 377 accts · $161K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2022
Professional / advisory$987
Total administrative$34,676
The The Dispatch Printing Company 401(k) match · 2022
Employer contribution per active participant$9,451
Median for plans this size$3,449
2024$10,873 per active participant
2023$10,187 per active participant
2022$9,451 per active participant

The Dispatch Printing Company's 2022 employer contribution ran above the $3,449 median for plans its size, placing it in the top 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 2022 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Administrative cost history3
2024Not separately reported
2023$7,955 · 0.01%
2022$34,676 · 0.05%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 314166990 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.