Plan Ledger DOL Form 5500 · updated monthly

Alerus Financial401(k)

ALERUS FINANCIAL CORPORATION SAFE HARBOR 401K PLAN · GRAND FORKS, ND · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.01%

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

Alerus Financial reported $24,181 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.01% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $3,749 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 2 years on file its reported administrative ratio fell from 0.02% to 0.01%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other finance & insurance employers. By assets it is the 22nd-largest of 279 plans among North Dakota employers on file, and the 598th of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2024, employees put in $2.05 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 775 to 864 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$190,994,028
Participants with balances1,205
Active participants864
Employer contributions$3,239,200
Employee contributions$6,627,966
Employer contribution per active participant$3,749
Average account balance$158,501
Benefits paid to participants$16,036,460
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$191.0M · 1,205 accts · $3.2M emplr
2023$169.6M · 1,070 accts · $2.9M emplr
2022$151.8M · 1,091 accts · $3.1M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Investment management$24,181
Total administrative$24,181
The Alerus Financial 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$3,749
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$3,749 per active participant
2023$4,148 per active participant
2022$4,062 per active participant

Alerus Financial's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $3,635 median for plans its size. 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 history3
2024$24,181 · 0.01%
2023$26,254 · 0.02%
2022$26,491 · 0.02%
All plans at this employer2
ALERUS FINANCIAL EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLANESOP
ALERUS FINANCIAL CORPORATION SAFE HARBOR 401K PLAN401(k)
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 450375407 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.