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The Washington Times, LLC401(k)

THE WASHINGTON TIMES 401(K) SAVINGS PLAN · WASHINGTON, DC · 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 Washington Times, LLC reported $19,265 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.09% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,731 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 $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other information & media employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in District of Columbia (324th of 618), and the 981st of 2,199 in information & media. In 2024, employees put in $3.96 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$21,682,789
Participants with balances166
Active participants87
Employer contributions$150,559
Employee contributions$596,267
Employer contribution per active participant$1,731
Average account balance$130,619
Benefits paid to participants$1,909,546
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$21.7M · 166 accts · $151K emplr
2023$19.8M · 163 accts · $112K emplr
2022$17.0M · 165 accts · $86K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$1,165
Investment management$14,975
Total administrative$19,265
The The Washington Times, LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,731
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$1,731 per active participant
2023$1,469 per active participant
2022$1,045 per active participant

The Washington Times, LLC's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 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
T ROWE PRICE RPS INC · Recordkeeping · Trustee$1,165
NFP RETIREMENT INC/ADVISOR SERVICES · Consulting · Investment advisory (plan)$18,100

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024T. Rowe Price
2023T. Rowe Price

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Administrative cost history3
2024$19,265 · 0.09%
2023$38,580 · 0.21%
2022$20,760 · 0.11%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 113748516 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.