401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Newark Morning Ledger Co. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$10M
Total assets Small plan by assets
25
Participants Small participant base
59th
Percentile by assets National rank
$403,661
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Star-Ledger / Nmdu 401(k) Savings Plan · Sponsored by Newark Morning Ledger Co. · New Jersey · Information & Media

$10M in assets, 25 participants

Newark Morning Ledger Co.'s Star-Ledger / Nmdu 401(k) Savings Plan reported $10M in total assets and 25 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 59th percentile by assets among filed plans. Figures are as reported by the plan sponsor to the Department of Labor, not audited or endorsed by PlainRetire.

  • #1,303 in Information & Media (2,818 peers)

Newark Morning Ledger Co. multi-year trail

Newark Morning Ledger Co.'s plans moved -64.7% in assets from 2022 to 2023; this filing shows Star-Ledger / Nmdu 401(k) Savings Plan at $10M / 25 participants.

#1,303
in Information & Media (2,818 peers)
+1.6%
assets growth YoY

Star-Ledger / Nmdu 401(k) Savings Plan's mid-pack asset rank among Information & Media and all filers

Star-Ledger / Nmdu 401(k) Savings Plan vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500

$10,091,526 Top 41% higher than 59% of 127,068 filed plans

This plan $0 $2,050,000,000 every filed plan with reported assets, bucketed by value

Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.

Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2023

Star-Ledger / Nmdu 401(k) Savings Plan among smaller filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Star-Ledger / Nmdu 401(k) Savings Plan is a small filing (25 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Star-Ledger / Nmdu 401(k) Savings Plan reported net income rose from -$6M in the plan year 2022 filing to $157K in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Star-Ledger / Nmdu 401(k) Savings Plan reported participants fell from 29 in the plan year 2022 filing to 25 in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Star-Ledger / Nmdu 401(k) Savings Plan end-of-year assets rose from $10M in the plan year 2022 filing to $10M in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Form 5500 schedule snapshot

Filing strip 221157720 · Newark Morning Ledger Co. PY 2023 · 401(k)

Star-Ledger / Nmdu 401(k) Savings Plan · $10M · 25 · 59th

  • EBSA $10M
  • PART 25
  • TYPE 59th
  • NET 401(k)
  • BOOK near Gerald Jones Automotive Group 401(k) Plan
  • VS-ST ind #1303

Stamps derive from this plan's Form 5500 line items (assets, participants, type, EIN, cohort placement) - not a quality rating of the sponsor. Read with Information & Media retirement plans → · Plans in New Jersey →

Star-Ledger / Nmdu 401(k) Savings Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Star-Ledger / Nmdu 401(k) Savings Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Newark Morning Ledger Co. multi-year asset trail

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Newark Morning Ledger Co. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$10M 64.66428796526489% vs 2022
2023 filing year
$0M$10M$20M$30M$40M 20222023 $28.6M $10.1M ▼ -64.7%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 3 138 $29M
2023 1 25 $10M

Newark Morning Ledger Co. filing trail (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$10M
Net Assets (End of Year)$10M
Net Income$157K
Employer EIN221157720
Plan Effective Date1992-05-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Nearby 401(k) Plans in New Jersey

Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

Star-Ledger / Nmdu 401(k) Savings Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in New Jersey, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000050000100000150000200000 -1001020304050 Total assets ($B) Participants Star-Ledger / Nmdu 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.010091526 · Participants: 25Star-Ledger / Nmdu 401(k) Savings PlanJPMorgan Chase 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 44.552237022 · Participants: 176610JPMorgan Chase 401(k) Savings PlanVerizon Savings Plan for Management Employees, Total assets ($B): 27.825640157 · Participants: 78072Verizon Savings Plan for Management EmployeesJohnson and Johnson Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 22.177853595 · Participants: 41291Johnson and Johnson Savings PlanErnst & Young Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 15.543526764 · Participants: 59346Ernst & Young Retirement Savings PlanMerck US Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 13.424416176 · Participants: 26850Merck US Savings Plan
Star-Ledger / Nmdu 401(k) Savings Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in New Jersey, assets vs. participants
Compare Star-Ledger / Nmdu 401(k) Savings Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Star-Ledger / Nmdu 401(k) Savings Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside New Jersey, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Gerald Jones Automotive Group 401(k) Plan in GA ($10M); by covered participants it is Pyromet 401(k) Plan in PA (25 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (25 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Star-Ledger / Nmdu 401(k) Savings Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Star-Ledger / Nmdu 401(k) Savings Plan edged up modestly - up 1.6% during 2023, from $10M to $10M. Reported net income was $157K.
How have Newark Morning Ledger Co. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 2 plan years on file (2022-2023), Newark Morning Ledger Co.'s sponsor-wide assets declined 64.7%, from $29M to $10M.
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to Star-Ledger / Nmdu 401(k) Savings Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Gerald Jones Automotive Group 401(k) Plan in GA ($10M, 250 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Star-Ledger / Nmdu 401(k) Savings Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Pyromet 401(k) Plan in PA (25 participants, N/A in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2023.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 221157720.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA). See our methodology for details.