Employee Benefit Plans

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2019

Defined Benefit Plan

We sponsor a noncontributory qualified retirement plan. The components of net periodic benefit cost for this plan are as follows (in thousands):



	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2019			2018
Service cost	$	325		$	333
Interest cost	475			325
Expected return on plan assets	(861		)	(492		)
Amortization of net loss	288			271
Total	$	227		$	437

The components of net periodic benefit cost other than the service cost component are included in Interest and Other Income (Expense) in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.

The expected contribution to be paid to the qualified retirement plan during 2019 is approximately $1 million. During 2018, we contributed $1 million to the qualified retirement plan.

Defined Contribution Plans

Compensation expense related to our defined contribution plans was $1.0 million and $.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.