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Black Hills Federal Credit Union401(k)

BLACK HILLS FEDERAL CREDIT UNION 401(K) PLAN · RAPID CITY, SD · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.13%

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

Black Hills Federal Credit Union reported $74,960 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.13% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $4,267 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 rose from 0.11% to 0.13%. 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 32nd-largest of 233 plans among South Dakota employers on file, and the 1,453rd of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2024, employees put in $1.56 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$60,259,629
Participants with balances459
Active participants372
Employer contributions$1,587,327
Employee contributions$2,481,163
Employer contribution per active participant$4,267
Average account balance$131,285
Benefits paid to participants$8,900,004
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorKETEL THORSTENSON, LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$60.3M · 459 accts · $1.6M emplr
2023$56.3M · 466 accts · $2.3M emplr
2022$48.4M · 427 accts · $2.3M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$74,960
Total administrative$74,960
The Black Hills Federal Credit Union 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$4,267
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$4,267 per active participant
2023$5,793 per active participant
2022$6,494 per active participant

Black Hills Federal Credit Union'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.

Service providers · 20242
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator · Loan processing$74,960
MORNINGSTAR INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT L · Investment advisory (participants)indirect comp

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

Administrative cost history3
2024$74,960 · 0.13%
2023$63,497 · 0.12%
2022$60,519 · 0.11%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 460235529 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.