Star Tribune Media 401(k) match, vesting and fees

Plan year 2025 filingStar Tribune 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan · Plan 015 · EIN 80-0481962Updated Oct 2026

What Star Tribune Media's 401(k) plan says about matching contributions

The match terms have not been published from this plan's filing yet.
The plan year 2025 filing reports $1.4M in employer contributions, about $1,627 per participant. That total includes any match and profit-sharing; it is not a match formula. Plan year 2025 Form 5500 ↗
$201,800
Average account balance
988
Participants (end of year)
$175M
Plan assets (end of year)
0.04%
Admin expenses ÷ assets

Plan features

Match, vesting and enrollment details have not been published from this plan's audit report yet. The figures below come from the structured filing.

RecordkeeperFidelity Investments InstitutionalSchedule C ↗
Independent auditorEide Bailly LLP (unmodified opinion, limited scope)Schedule H ↗
Plan type and status401(k) · ActiveForm 5500 ↗

How the plan compares

Plan year 2025 medians for 84 defined-contribution plans in information with 500 to 999 participants.

Star Tribune Media: employer contribution per participant$1,627
Peer median$1,913
Star Tribune Media: average balance$201,800
Peer median$95,227
Star Tribune Media: admin expenses ÷ assets0.04%
Peer median0.14%

Admin expenses are the plan's reported administrative expenses divided by its assets; they do not include fund expense ratios.

Plan history

Plan assets went from $195M at the end of plan year 2021 to $175M at the end of plan year 2025.

$195M2021$146M2022$165M2023$172M2024$175M2025
End-of-year figures from each plan year's Form 5500 filing for the Star Tribune Media plan.
Plan yearParticipantsAssetsEmployer contributionsPer participantAdmin expense ratioMatch formulaFiling
2025988$175M$1.4M$1,6270.04%Not publishedForm 5500 ↗
20241,027$172M$1.3M$1,5050.05%Not publishedForm 5500 ↗
20231,014$165M$1.3M$1,4780.05%Not publishedForm 5500 ↗
20221,065$146M$1.3M$1,3880.05%Not publishedForm 5500 ↗
20211,120$195M$1.3M$1,310<0.01%Not publishedForm 5500 ↗

Other Star Tribune Media plans (3)

Each plan files its own Form 5500. Figures are from each plan's latest filing.

Star Tribune Retirement Plan O

Plan 001 · EIN 80-0481962 · plan year 2024 filing
$73,848
Average account balance
994
Participants (end of year)
$73.4M
Plan assets (end of year)
1.45%
Admin expenses ÷ assets

Plan features

Match, vesting and enrollment details have not been published from this plan's audit report yet. The figures below come from the structured filing.

Independent auditorEide Bailly,llp (unmodified opinion, limited scope)Schedule H ↗
Plan type and statusPension (defined benefit) · ActiveForm 5500 ↗

Star Tribune Retirement Plan a

Plan 002 · EIN 80-0481962 · plan year 2024 filing
$79,521
Average account balance
522
Participants (end of year)
$41.5M
Plan assets (end of year)
1.44%
Admin expenses ÷ assets

Plan features

Match, vesting and enrollment details have not been published from this plan's audit report yet. The figures below come from the structured filing.

Independent auditorEide Bailly, LLP (unmodified opinion, limited scope)Schedule H ↗
Plan type and statusPension (defined benefit) · ActiveForm 5500 ↗

Star Tribune Retirement Plan G

Plan 017 · EIN 80-0481962 · plan year 2024 filing
$98,718
Average account balance
454
Participants (end of year)
$44.8M
Plan assets (end of year)
1.25%
Admin expenses ÷ assets

Plan features

Match, vesting and enrollment details have not been published from this plan's audit report yet. The figures below come from the structured filing.

Independent auditorEide Bailly, LLP (unmodified opinion, limited scope)Schedule H ↗
Plan type and statusPension (defined benefit) · ActiveForm 5500 ↗

Common questions

Does Star Tribune Media match 401(k) contributions?

The match terms for the Star Tribune 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan have not been published from its filing yet. The plan year 2025 filing reports $1.4M in employer contributions, about $1,627 per participant. That total includes any match and profit-sharing; it is not a match formula.

When is the Star Tribune Media 401(k) match vested?

The vesting schedule for the Star Tribune 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan is not in the data published so far. Your Summary Plan Description states it.

Who manages the Star Tribune Media 401(k)?

The recordkeeper listed on Schedule C of the plan year 2025 filing is Fidelity Investments Institutional. The plan administrator is Star Tribune Media Company LLC.

I left Star Tribune Media. How do I find my old 401(k)?

Your account stays in the plan until you move it. Contact the plan administrator (Star Tribune Media Company LLC, (612) 673-7458) or the recordkeeper, Fidelity Investments Institutional. The Star Tribune Media old 401(k) page lists the contacts from every plan filing. Find an old Star Tribune Media 401(k)

Data from the public Form 5500 annual reports Star Tribune Media filed with the U.S. Department of Labor (plan years 2021 and 2022 and 2023 and 2024 and 2025) and, where noted, the attached independent auditor's report. Plan terms may have changed since the filing; check your current Summary Plan Description. PlanFacts is not affiliated with Star Tribune Media. Not financial advice. Report a correction · Methodology