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Wayside Publishing401(k)

WAYSIDE PUBLISHING 401(K) PLAN · FREEPORT, ME · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.09%

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

Wayside Publishing reported $3,208 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.09% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $3,874 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.

The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other information & media employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Maine (295th of 354), and 1,955th of 2,199 in information & media. In 2024, employees put in $2.13 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$4,207,463
Participants with balances141
Active participants116
Employer contributions$449,370
Employee contributions$955,963
Employer contribution per active participant$3,874
Average account balance$29,840
Benefits paid to participants$352,745
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorBERTHE CPA, LLC
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$488
Investment management$2,720
Total administrative$3,208
The Wayside Publishing 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$3,874
Median for plans this size$1,313

Wayside Publishing's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $1,313 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 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Administrative cost history1
2024$3,208 · 0.09%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 271825295 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.