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Times-Journal, Inc.401(k)

MARIETTA TIMES-JOURNAL, INC. 401(K) PLAN · MARIETTA, GA · plan year 2025

Reported admin expense ratio · 2025
0.87%

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

Times-Journal, Inc. reported $61,127 in plan administrative expenses for 2025: 0.87% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,400 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 4 years on file its reported administrative ratio has held roughly steady near 0.87%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 809 comparable plans and shown alongside other information & media employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Georgia (1,424th of 2,160), and 1,688th of 2,199 in information & media. In 2025, employees put in $1.66 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 114 to 143 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$7,418,779
Participants with balances172
Active participants143
Employer contributions$200,248
Employee contributions$333,266
Employer contribution per active participant$1,400
Average account balance$43,132
Benefits paid to participants$619,816
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$7.4M · 172 accts · $200K emplr
2024$6.6M · 172 accts · $77K emplr
2023$6.4M · 180 accts · $71K emplr
2022$5.3M · 174 accts
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2025
Investment management$61,127
Total administrative$61,127
The Times-Journal, Inc. 401(k) match · 2025
Employer contribution per active participant$1,400
Median for plans this size$1,464
2025$1,400 per active participant
2024$564 per active participant
2023$507 per active participant

Times-Journal, Inc.'s 2025 employer contribution ran below the $1,464 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 2025 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20254
TRANSAMERICA RETIREMENT SOLUTIONS L · Recordkeeping · Loan processing$36,311
ERISA SERVICES OF GEORGIA, LLC · Recordkeeping · Loan processing$7,532
G.W. HENSSLER & ASSOCIATES LTD · Investment advisory (plan)$16,884

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

Recordkeeper by year3
2025ERISA SERVICES OF GEORGIA, LLC, Transamerica
2024Ascensus, ERISA SERVICES OF GEORGIA, LLC, Transamerica
2023Ascensus, Transamerica

This plan has changed recordkeepers within these filings. If you left Times-Journal, Inc. before a switch, your account may sit at the earlier firm or in a rollover IRA. Looking for an account from a past job here? How to find an old 401(k).

Administrative cost history4
2025$61,127 · 0.87%
2024$65,031 · 1.01%
2023$48,486 · 0.83%
2022$50,496 · 0.84%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 580539789 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.