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Alaska Central Express, Inc.401(k)

ALASKA CENTRAL EXPRESS, INC. 401(K) SALARY REDUCTION PLAN · ANCHORAGE, AK · plan year 2025

Reported admin expense ratio · 2025
0.89%

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

Alaska Central Express, Inc. reported $69,342 in plan administrative expenses for 2025: 0.89% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $2,701 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 3 years on file its reported administrative ratio rose from 0.44% to 0.89%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 809 comparable plans and shown alongside other transportation & warehousing employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Alaska (107th of 160), and the 1,297th of 2,677 in transportation & warehousing. In 2025, employees put in $1.61 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 219 to 244 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$7,919,911
Participants with balances268
Active participants244
Employer contributions$659,100
Employee contributions$1,062,713
Employer contribution per active participant$2,701
Average account balance$29,552
Benefits paid to participants$2,617,412
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorSWALLING & ASSOCIATES, P.C.
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$7.9M · 268 accts · $659K emplr
2024$7.7M · 314 accts · $614K emplr
2023$7.9M · 293 accts · $571K emplr
2022$6.4M · 266 accts · $533K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2025
Recordkeeping & contract admin$69,342
Total administrative$69,342
The Alaska Central Express, Inc. 401(k) match · 2025
Employer contribution per active participant$2,701
Median for plans this size$1,464
2025$2,701 per active participant
2024$2,613 per active participant
2023$2,679 per active participant
2022$2,432 per active participant

Alaska Central Express, Inc.'s 2025 employer contribution ran above the $1,464 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 2025 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

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NOVA 401(K) ASSOCIATES · Other servicesindirect comp
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Compensation shown is direct payments from plan assets reported on Schedule C. Providers paid through fund revenue-sharing appear as indirect.

Administrative cost history4
2025$69,342 · 0.89%
2024$52,100 · 0.67%
2023$42,149 · 0.59%
2022$30,022 · 0.44%
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New Pacific Airlines AK$13.6M · 0.16%
Ryan Air, Inc. AK$7.5M · 0.02%
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Sourdough Express, Inc. AK$6.3M · 0.01%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 920133124 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.