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The Philadelphia Inquirer, Pbc401(k)

THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, PBC 401(K) RETIREMENT PLAN · PHILADELPHIA, PA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.09%

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

The Philadelphia Inquirer, Pbc reported $164,858 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.09% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $2,558 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 0.11% to 0.09%. 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 289th-largest of 3,651 plans among Pennsylvania employers on file, and the 195th of 2,199 in information & media. In 2024, employees put in $3.32 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 615 to 463 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$191,423,729
Participants with balances1,060
Active participants463
Employer contributions$1,184,217
Employee contributions$3,928,297
Employer contribution per active participant$2,558
Average account balance$180,588
Benefits paid to participants$15,546,239
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorFORVIS MAZARS, LLC
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$191.4M · 1,060 accts · $1.2M emplr
2023$178.4M · 1,131 accts · $1.4M emplr
2022$159.4M · 1,199 accts · $1.3M emplr
The The Philadelphia Inquirer, Pbc 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,558
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$2,558 per active participant
2023$2,336 per active participant
2022$2,088 per active participant

The Philadelphia Inquirer, Pbc's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $3,635 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 · 20243
THE VANGUARD GROUP, INC. · Recordkeeping · Consulting$114,057
CAPFINANCIAL PARTNERS LLC · Consulting$47,657
VANGUARD ADVISERS INC. · Investment advisory (participants)$5,115

Compensation shown is direct payments from plan assets reported on Schedule C. Providers paid through fund revenue-sharing appear as indirect.

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Vanguard
2023Vanguard

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Administrative cost history3
2024$164,858 · 0.09%
2023$165,772 · 0.10%
2022$192,079 · 0.11%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 455415437 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.