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W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.401(k)

W. W. NORTON & COMPANY, INC. PROFIT SHARING & 401(K) PLAN · NEW YORK, NY · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.02%

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

W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. reported $32,132 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.02% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $4,402 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 0.020% to 0.017%. 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 493rd-largest of 5,648 plans among New York employers on file, and the 197th of 2,199 in information & media. In 2024, employees put in $1.85 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$187,144,155
Participants with balances887
Active participants684
Employer contributions$3,010,865
Employee contributions$5,560,474
Employer contribution per active participant$4,402
Average account balance$210,986
Benefits paid to participants$13,284,584
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorCROWE LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$187.1M · 887 accts · $3.0M emplr
2023$180.5M · 860 accts · $2.9M emplr
2022$149.5M · 823 accts · $4.2M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$32,132
Total administrative$32,132
The W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$4,402
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$4,402 per active participant
2023$4,381 per active participant
2022$6,644 per active participant

W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran above 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 · 20241
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$32,132

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$32,132 · 0.02%
2023$31,156 · 0.02%
2022$30,873 · 0.02%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 135283680 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.