Plan Ledger DOL Form 5500 · updated monthly

Allete, Inc.401(k) + ESOP (KSOP)

ALLETE AND AFFILIATED COMPANIES RETIREMENT SAVINGS AND STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN · DULUTH, MN · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.10%

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

Allete, Inc. reported $554,470 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.10% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $9,674 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 has held roughly steady near 0.10%. The plan sits in the $250M–$1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 2,883 comparable plans and shown alongside other utilities employers. By assets it is the 73rd-largest of 1,918 plans among Minnesota employers on file, and the 61st of 412 in utilities. In 2024, employees put in $1.11 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 1,432 to 1,633 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$605,672,357
Participants with balances2,312
Active participants1,633
Employer contributions$15,798,010
Employee contributions$17,577,019
Employer contribution per active participant$9,674
Average account balance$261,969
Benefits paid to participants$48,717,595
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$605.7M · 2,312 accts · $15.8M emplr
2023$546.2M · 2,274 accts · $13.7M emplr
2022$484.1M · 2,114 accts · $11.9M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Investment management$589,868
Total administrative$554,470
The Allete, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$9,674
Median for plans this size$4,294
2024$9,674 per active participant
2023$8,759 per active participant
2022$8,331 per active participant

Allete, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran above the $4,294 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 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20247
EMPOWER ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY · Recordkeeping · Loan processing$292,277
EMPOWER ADVISORY GROUP, LLC · Investment advisory (participants) · Consulting$205,676
GENEVA CAPITAL MANAGMEENT, LLC · Pension consulting$97,408
TAFT STETTINIUS & HOLLISTER LLP · Legal$34,498
REILLY PENNER & BENTON LLP · Accounting / audit$25,050
CREATIVE PLANNING LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$22,000
QDRO CONSULTANTS COMPANY,LLC · Consulting$900

Compensation shown is direct payments from plan assets reported on Schedule C. Providers paid through fund revenue-sharing appear as indirect.

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Empower
2023Empower

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Administrative cost history3
2024$554,470 · 0.10%
2023$533,897 · 0.10%
2022$484,861 · 0.09%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 410418150 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.